The overall design plans for ground systems like tracking, telemetry, command and ... to the Lanyue module, which will fly them back to their spaceship waiting in lunar orbit.

The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...

Space is one of the most dangerous frontiers, yet astronauts have repeatedly defied death through skill, technology, and ...

The company's newest Athena lander dropped out of lunar orbit as planned ... Until then, the U.S. had not landed on the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. No one else has sent astronauts to the ...

The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.

Roosa, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Module "Kitty Hawk" in lunar orbit. Image Credit ... and everyone at NASA knew Apollo 17 would be the last — and it was.

The first satellite of the Google-backed FireSat constellation successfully made it to orbit over the weekend, kicking off what promises to be a new era in wildfire detection and monitoring.

Astronomy fans are in for a treat this March as the full moon will appear to turn red during a total lunar eclipse. March's full moon, known as the Worm Moon, will pass into Earth's shadow on the ...

(NEXSTAR) – A lunar eclipse will be visible for stargazers across the U.S. this March for the first time in roughly two years. The event is set to begin late at night on March 13 or early in the ...

By the year 2100, the “satellite carrying capacity” of the most popular low-orbit regions could decline by 50 to 66 percent due to the impacts of these emissions, according to the study ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. Get ready for a partial solar eclipse across Europe and parts of ...

Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds. Part of the greenhouse effect that warms the ...