Unlike a gentle splashdown in the Earth's oceans or even a touchdown on Mars, landing on the Moon comes with a set of ...

The Apollo 17 lunar crew once reported seeing unidentified strange bright sparks that lit up space like the “Fourth of July,” ...

It was the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. This month, Houstonians get to enjoy the ...

NASA's Apollo 17 crew reported seeing three mysterious dots and sparks that resembled fireworks, according to new files ...

They were the pioneers of space exploration - the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. Not since the end of 1972 has a human set foot on the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s Apollo moonshots are a tough act to follow, even after all this time. As four astronauts get set to blast off on humanity’s first trip to the moon in more than half ...

There have been billions of people that have walked the face of the Earth throughout history, but only 12 of have ever walked on the surface of the Moon. For the select few that have ever walked on ...

Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: “We are enormously ...

A number of folks have pointed this out. "Every single image released today from Apollo has simply added yellow boxes to ...

Frank Borman, who commanded two early NASA missions including the first to orbit the moon, has died at age 95. In a statement, NASA said Borman died Nov. 7 in Billings, Mont. after a stroke. His death ...