In a major step forward in its first human spaceflight mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) <br />has successfully conducted the first ground test of the solid motor-based ...

They Were at Mission Control During Apollo 11. 50 Years Later, the Memory Still Moves Them to Tears How the Apollo Program ...

From the day the Soviets put an astronaut into space in April 1961, the race was on with America to get a man on the moon.

Despite Neil Armstrong's towering accomplishments, he remained a humble man. Armstrong, who is from Wapakoneta, Ohio, always ...

The tragic loss of the Soyuz 11 crew sparked mutual international grief that transformed the Space Race from Cold War competition into cooperation, ultimately leading to the historic 1975 Apollo-Soyuz ...

When the first Apollo mission to carry astronauts to orbit launched on October 11, 1968, everyone at NASA sighed in relief. Apollo 7 rose on a pillar of flame from Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 34 on ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told lawmakers on Monday that SpaceX and Blue Origin, the agency’s two lunar lander contractors, say they could have their spacecraft ready for the next Artemis ...

Apollo 11 looked like a flawless victory, but the mission came dangerously close to failure more than once. A leaking hydrogen valve nearly stopped the launch, the lunar module’s computer rebooted ...

The Artemis II astronauts received a posthumous message from Apollo-era astronaut Jim Lovell. During their lunar flyby, the crew broke Lovell's Apollo 13 record for the farthest distance humans have ...

Before etching their names in spaceflight history, the four Artemis II astronauts received some posthumous words of encouragement from one of NASA's greats. Jim Lovell, who flew on two Apollo-era ...

The Moon landing was only half the mission. While Neil Armstrong’s near-fatal training crash is well known, a far more dangerous incident unfolded during Apollo 11’s return to Earth. As the capsule ...

Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr. was the mission commander for the ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13 mission. Lovell flew on four space missions, including being one of the first humans to orbit the moon on ...