The question of whether or not both or even one of the human landing systems being developed by SpaceX and Blue Origin will ...

Sixty years ago today, NASA launched Gemini X, a landmark mission that helped lay the foundation for the historic Apollo Moon ...

America’s most daring, extraordinary feat — landing astronauts on the moon — remains the pinnacle of achievement by anyone ...

Just after landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong took a walk along the ...

Flying either the rocket-powered X-15 or Space Shuttle would already be pretty impressive, but one man actually flew both.

In Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, there was once a space-themed amusement park called "Space World." In addition to attractions like roller coasters and a Ferris wheel, it also featured a space ...

During a routine ground test in January 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were sealed inside their Apollo command module when a sudden fire erupted inside the oxygen-filled ...

Inside mission control during the dramatic rescue of Apollo 13. On April 17, 1970, the command module for the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean near the Samoan Islands with ...

Surrounded by a vast dark expanse, huddled in sleeping bags with three of your friends in a space the size of a five-person tent. This isn’t a camping trip ‒ it’s life on Orion ‒ the spacecraft ...

So far, all of the craft designed to carry men into the space age have had the clean-lined look of the Mercury and Gemini capsules. By comparison, the lunar module (LM) that lifted from Cape Kennedy ...

Observed on February 15th, National Gumdrop Day recognizes a favorite candy of many: the gumdrop! There’s no question as to what to do. Eat gumdrops and eat as many as you want! 1682 – Frenchman Denis ...