"There are times when I've seen it and I'm thinking, 'Why is the hair standing up on the back of my neck right now?'" — Tom ...

With the Cold War fueling the space race, NASA faced its greatest test—landing humans on the Moon. The Apollo Program ...

"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...

A Journey with Tom Hanks” takes viewers on an immersive lunar experience, linking NASA’s Apollo Program with the agency’s ...

After Apollo 1, the space program continued with a renewed purpose and diligence. Frank Borman, the astronaut on the review committee, became the main liaison with contractor North American Aviation.

In addition to the 1968 launch of Apollo 5, the first Canadian woman launched into space onboard shuttle Discovery in 1992.

Far from ordinary, it took a cutting-edge NASA design to safeguard these treasures during the Apollo missions Elana Scherr Researchers examined lunar soil samples collected during the Apollo ...

Still traveling with more than half of Theia’s original speed, blade and burden rose together back out into space. Much fell ... knowledge brought back from Apollo. Oxygen comes in three ...

The space program amassed an army of 400,000 employees for Apollo. If it were forced to downsize, it would (and did) hamper the progress of space exploration for decades to come. The lunar base ...

Just as the Apollo program had, the Soviet space program experienced a major setback due to a fatality. Soyuz One had taken off on April 23, 1967, with Vladimir Komarov aboard. Upon reentry ...