Stare into the open hatch of Odyssey, the scarred Apollo 13 command module in which three American astronauts made their ...

Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes. [...] ...

John Young and Charlie Duke were the next men to walk on the moon. When the crew reached lunar orbit, the mission almost had ...

Today is Peach Cobbler Day!

White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico played a crucial role in the US space program, from early rocket tests to the moon ...

Humanity first reached the moon in 1969. We went back a few times, then lost interest within three short years, and we ...

What words should the first female astronaut utter on the moon? The Daily Mail asked this question to 10 of the women leading ...

A boom across the Pacific near San Diego late Friday afternoon signaled the Orion capsule’s return to Earth’s atmosphere. The ...

Follow the Artemis mission to bring humanity back to the Moon for the first time since Apollo. A half-century after Apollo, the Artemis missions aim to bring astronauts back to the Moon and establish ...

The success of the recent Artemis moon mission has caused many Americans to feel uplifted and inspired. Uplifted because we could all imagine leaving Earth and its countless botherations — especially ...

While I was leading a tour of the National Air and Space Museum in January 2026, a visitor posed this insightful question: “Why has it taken so long to return to the Moon?” After all, NASA had the ...

On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 returned to Earth after narrowly avoiding a deadly disaster in space. [‘On This Day in Space’ ...