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 ...

This study presents a retrieval study for several physical, chemical, and thermal properties of the lunar regolith using microwave radiometry. The Apollo 15 site was selected for the study owing to ...

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

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 ...

Steve Bales isn’t a known name like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. But his bold ‘go’ decision during Apollo 11’s moon ...

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

The Fourth of July arrived and we celebrated one more day of our independence. And what better way to do it than living great stories that speak of our honor and patriotism through ...

The way Ron explained it to me when we started was, 'Look, I'm not making a documentary. I'm making an entertaining movie ...

Apollo 13, Ron Howard's docudrama about a disastrous mission to the moon, turns 30 this month. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and ...

The so-called "right stuff" manifests rather differently in "Apollo 13". Sure, this generation of astronauts knows the final ...

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