The race to the moon was always more about dueling superpowers than the spirit of exploration. And because of that, enormous ...

Don Pettit’s been snapping away in orbit again. This time, the NASA astronaut has captured a stunning image of the Milky Way from the International Space Station (ISS) . It also features Earth and ...

"There are times when I've seen it and I'm thinking, 'Why is the hair standing up on the back of my neck right now?'" — Tom ...

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...

HOUSTON, TX – NASA astronaut Don Pettit, aboard the International Space Station (ISS), has shared mesmerizing photos of the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, from a vantage point 400 km above Earth.

The moon reached its peak brightness at 8:53 a.m. EST (1353 GMT) on Feb. 12, but local moonrise and moonset times will depend ...

Some photographs are so powerful that you no longer need to read the caption to learn their backstory. The image in itself is captivating enough to inspire you to create your own narratives. This is ...

Stevie Chick talks to the filmmakers who persuaded the hard rock giants to revisit their early days and open their archives ...

They will all be among personal items taken by astronauts ... family photos and the Hungarian flag. He said his fascination with space came from the Star Wars movies. For Whitson it was the “real-life ...

An Apollo 16 astronaut has revealed why a family portrait has been sitting on the moon for over half a century ...

Where the astronauts sat in the Apollo Lunar Module may have profoundly impacted the way the experience of walking on the ...

On our team’s last day at Kilbourne Hole, we were joined by retired astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, the lunar module pilot for Apollo 17. He is the only professional geologist to have walked on the ...