On 1970, NASA cancelled the Apollo 20 moon mission. This came just six months after Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon.

For the first time in more than half a century, humans are preparing to leave Earth’s orbit and head near the moon, with NASA ...

But machinery used on the moon must function in low gravity, a vacuum and amid abrasive lunar dust. It must also survive the two-week lunar night of electronics-killing temperatures that plunge to ...

From the ‘year of the Moon’ to discovering ‘the history of the entire solar system,’ here is what to look out for.View on ...

Before the Apollo missions, there were the Mercury missions. Astronauts had to learn to walk before they could run. They had to be sure they could get into orbit, then back to Earth safely. They had ...

In April, NASA will send a crew of four astronauts - three Americans and one Canadian - on a 10-day mission that will skim ...

Scientists explain how robotic missions are helping prepare for human travel to the moon and Mars, focusing on radiation, water mapping, lunar dust, and space weather planning ...

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is unveiling a new Apollo 8 exhibit, commemorating one of the most daring space ...