On this 56th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings, we remember (vaguely) what national greatness and real scientific achievement looked like. It is remembered precisely because the Americans ...

Fifty-six years later, it still remains the most followed and most romantic space mission yet. In April 1968, the now-legendary 2001: A Space Odyssey had shown ...

What if you were told that within a single decade, humanity could go from barely flying beyond Earth's atmosphere to setting ...

No one doubts that rocket tests mean failures, but the question for Starship is this: Is it just having extended teething ...

On July 20, 1969, humanity achieved one of its greatest milestones: landing a person on the Moon. The Apollo 11 mission, launched by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...

Find the locations of the five landing zones considered as the setting for humanity's first steps on another world.

American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to step on the Moon on 1969. When the lunar module ...

Often overlooked in the shadow of Apollo 11, Apollo 12 was a mission of remarkable achievements and quiet heroism. Launched ...