From the day the Soviets put an astronaut into space in April 1961, the race was on with America to get a man on the moon.

Commander Randy Bresnik and three others will attempt to dock with two different lunar landers in Earth orbit, paving the way for a future moon landing.

After its historic and successful Artemis II mission, NASA is all set to announce the next squad who will take the mantle ahead for Artemis III. The announcement of the Artemis II ...

The explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn on its launch pad during a static fire test on May 28 was just one of many that have rocked the Space Coast over the decades. Shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday, a ...

Apollo is remembered for Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon, but the program was built through a long chain of dangerous tests, failures, fixes, and near disasters. Before Apollo 11, NASA had to ...

NASA announced Wednesday that it will fly the Artemis III mission in low-Earth orbit and that it continues to target 2027 for this stepping-stone flight that will help land humans on the Moon. The ...

When the first Apollo mission to carry astronauts to orbit launched on October 11, 1968, everyone at NASA sighed in relief. Apollo 7 rose on a pillar of flame from Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 34 on ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell, best known as the commander of the near-tragic Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died Thursday in Illinois. He was 97. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive ...

NASA's Apollo programme represents one of humanity's most audacious and successful ventures. Born from President John F. Kennedy's challenge to land a man on the Moon and return him safely to Earth, ...

Today is the 102 nd birthday of Apollo 7 astronaut Wally Schirra, who won an Emmy award for filming a TV show in space while suffering from a bad cold. Apollo 7 astronauts (left to right) Donn Eisele ...

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 ...