The 12 NASA astronauts part of the Apollo program remain the only humans to reach the lunar surface.

Millions around the world watched on their television screens as the Moon landing in July 1969 happened. NASA had done it. That day as part of the Apollo 11 mission it was the first time in history ...

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

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

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

A miniature USSR flag that American astronaut Buzz Aldrin took on the Apollo 11 flight to the Moon in July 1969 was sold at a ...

It took 43 days and a custom cage to bring the 4.5-tonne test command module from Washington to Castle Hill in Sydney's north ...

Sotheby’s Space Exploration auction features the life-saving instrument, a Snoopy pin, space-flown flags, and more.

May 16 is known for a lot of firsts: the first spaceflight landing humans on the moon, the first parking meter, the first ...

Apollo 11 astronauts boarded and stayed on the vessel after their lunar visit and Pacific Ocean splashdown in July 1969.

On July 15, 1975, the first joint space mission between the United States and the Soviet Union blasted off into orbit. They ...