The Spiral’s primary mission, had it made it beyond the test stage, would have been a combination of reconnaissance and ...

Lovell's career at NASA began in September 1962 and he embarked on his first space mission for the Gemini 7 mission on ...

Gemini III lifted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, carrying astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and John Young on America’s first ...

On March 23, 1965, the United States launched the Gemini III spacecraft with astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John Young ...

The Science Museum in London is closing its almost 40-year-old 'Exploring Space' gallery to establish a new 'Space' gallery ...

It is the method favoured by American spacecraft – such as NASA’s Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo – to re-enter Earth. In a ...

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

SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom capsule safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday evening, bringing astronauts Barry ...

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

Astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, after an unexpected stay at the International Space Station (ISS) for more than ...

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ return to earth at the conclusion of the scientific mission to the space station was more ...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after being stuck in space for more than nine months.