In April 1970, the Apollo 13 mission was supposed to be another routine journey to the Moon. Instead, it became one of the ...

The overhaul in the flight lineup came just two days after NASA’s new moon rocket returned to its hangar for more repairs, ...

NASA said Friday it’s revamping its Artemis moon exploration program to make it more like the fast-paced Apollo program half ...

Facing a series of major delays and budget overruns, NASA is re-engineering its efforts to return American astronauts to the ...

On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts ...

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Old Apollo rocks are providing a fresh take on the moon's magnetic field. The lunar magnetic field is currently weak or even ...

NASA has also compiled those images into an immersive 360-degree photo, which users can click and spin their way through over at its Facebook page. Click through to the gallery to see more of these ...

The Cold War space race began with the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite. The United States responded with the launch of Explorer 1, which discovered the Van Allen ...

The astronauts' perilous journey back to Earth was recounted in "Apollo 13," a star-studded film released in 1995 starring Tom Hanks. To mark the Oscar-winning film's 30th anniversary, Universal ...