Astronaut Edgar Dean Mitchell's experience in space led him to found the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which explores the science behind psychic and spiritual phenomena.

He helped rescue the crippled Apollo 13 in 1970. And on Feb. 5, 1971, he became the sixth man to walk on the moon. While many of his fellow 1960s "right stuff" astronauts lead quiet, sometimes ...

Though it was still cutting-edge technology at the time. Most people remember astronauts who walked ... Think of it as the ...

One, the day will come at some point when astronauts ... still in mid-fall, Duke rolled right and landed on his side. He then bounced onto his back. "First off, what hit me — 'I'm still alive.' ...

Previously, the American Apollo ... distance astronauts could travel outside of the lunar module. This “Moon Buggy” was, however, completely unenclosed, meaning astronauts still needed to ...

Neil Armstrong’s commemorative gold Omega Speedmaster watch is coming to auction for the first time with a massive $2 million ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore's and Suni Williams's eight-day mission lasted nine months. How did they adjust?

While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space ...

NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose weeklong Boeing Starliner mission turned into an extended stay in space, have ...