On July 13, 1969, the Soviet Union launched Luna 15, an unmanned spacecraft seen as a rival to the American Apollo 11 mission, which launched just three days later. Luna 15’s goal was to land on the ...

Welcome to Edition 8.02 of the Rocket Report! It's worth taking a moment to recognize an important anniversary in the history ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. July 20, 1969 - [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes ...

On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 capsule splashed down, and the astronauts were brought to the USS Hornet. "This year, on ...

Kluger, who has written about the Apollo Program, talks about his new book: 'Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, The Untold ...

There is a time-honored crisis management strategy, wherein one says nothing and waits for the outrage to pass. For Sequoia ...

People have a chance to provide public feedback on SpaceX's plans to expand operations of its massive Starship rocket to Florida by the end of 2025.

975: Death of Edgar, King of England. 1497: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama departs on his first voyage, becoming the first European to reach India by sea. 1538: Spanish conquistador of Chile and ...

There's nowhere to park right now at the International Space Station for NASA's next Commercial Crew Program launch, but a ...

Des Moines Metro Opera has become one of the country’s most successful smaller companies doing adventurous repertory in a 467 ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is about to perform double duty after President Donald Trump named him interim head of ...

When Ron Howard shot in Queensland, Australia, he kept having to shut the movie down for snake wranglers to hunt for poisonous snakes.