The Apollo spacecraft is a complex transportation system designed for lunar missions, standing 363 feet tall and weighing over 6 million pounds at launch. It consists of three main components: the ...

On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts later used to land on the moon. Astronauts James McDivitt ...

Could microbes survive in the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) of the moon? This is what a recent study presented at the ...

The film also features astronaut Rusty Schweickart, who before helping to test the Apollo lunar module in Earth orbit was backup to Chaffee on the Apollo 1 crew.

It's lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission. Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander fell silent over the weekend, wrapping up two weeks of science ...

The instrument enclosure of NASA's Near-Earth Object Surveyor was prepared for critical environmental tests inside the ...

With its Blue Ghost lunar module, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace has just achieved what no other private company, anywhere in the world, has ever accomplished: successfully landing on the surface ...

The footage is so crisp that it almost looks like CGI. Check out the incredible shot of the Firefly Aerospace lander’s shadow coming back into focus after the Moon dust settles. A weekly ...

The Odysseus was the first U.S. lunar module to land on the moon's surface in half a century, but came in too fast and caught one of its legs on the lunar surface and fell over, rendering it ...

The Scottish government is investing almost £2m into the phased delivery of two national scale medical testing programmes using two kits made by Genedrive, the Manchester-based molecular testing ...

Before you get started, it is worth acquainting yourself with the moon, the lunar features and the phases ... With endorsements from Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin and ESA British Astronaut ...

the site where the Lunar Module touched down on July 20, 1969, can still be observed. (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel) Disclaimer Statement: This content is authored by a ...