In Spring 1967, a critical review of the U.S. manned space flight program was initiated following the Apollo spacecraft accident. The Apollo program adjusted schedules and intensified preparations for ...

The study comes just when NASA’s Curiosity rover detected the largest organic compounds ever found on Mars. But while that ...

Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke took this photo ... flew twice on Space Shuttle Discovery — first on STS-128 in 2009 and then the orbiter’s final flight, STS-133, in 2011 — all the while ...

Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...

Next, we encounter two similar shots: one from the Apollo 11 mission, the other snapped by an unmanned lunar orbiter. Together, the three images announce that this is not just a book about one ...

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was also flying near the moon during the 2017 ... from Earth's orbit as they flew over the Galapagos Islands. Then in 1969, the Apollo 12 astronauts returning from ...

Intuitive Machines said it was uncertain whether its Athena lander was upright near the Moon’s south pole — standing 15 feet ...

Apollo 13 launched on April 11 ... The shuttle was built with a revolutionary idea: reusable orbiter, solid rocket boosters, and external fuel tank. The ceramic tile heat shield was probably ...

The lander was near the intended target site, but a sweep by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in the coming days will confirm ... this decade under NASA's Artemis program, the successor to Apollo.

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stranded at the International Space Station (ISS) for over nine months, have ...