Ex-NASA boss points out small flaw in Moon landing plan: No lander

Former NASA boss Jim Bridenstine has warned that the space agency's plan to land astronauts on the Moon risks becoming too ...

An astronaut hid seeds in his luggage bound for the Moon: decades later they are still growing across the country

In 1971 Stuart Roosa — the command module pilot of Apollo 14 — carried hundreds of tree seeds around the Moon.

NASA seeks research volunteers to spend a year on a simulated mission to Mars or the Moon

Do you have a love for space and want to help be a part of the next research phase to send people to the Moon and Mars? Well, NASA has good news for you.

NASA is looking for four volunteers willing to spend a year inside a simulated Mars mission

Not everyone who wants to go to Mars needs to leave Earth to help get humanity there. NASA is recruiting volunteers to spend ...
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First Moon Landing Fast Facts

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. Facts July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the ...

'That's going to come back and bite us': Former NASA chief questions Artemis moon lander plans

Former NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine questions the designs for NASA's commercial moon landers for its Artemis program.

The Elvis concert that drew a bigger audience than the 1969 moon landing

According to some counts, Elvis Presley's 'Aloha from Hawaii' satellite TV concert drew more viewing figures than even the ...
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NASA Is Looking for 4 Americans for the Most Complex Mars Mission Simulation Yet

American space agency NASA is bringing together its two main simulation facilities for the Moon and Mars Exploration Analog ...

Pen Buzz Aldrin used to save Apollo 11 moonwalkers goes on sale

Aldrin’s personal collection, including a pen used to replace a broken button on the lander, and Gus the $36 million T-rex ...

Will set up temporary space tracking terminal on Cocos Keeling to support India’s Gaganyaan: Aus PM

Australia will establish a temporary space tracking terminal on Cocos (Keeling) Islands. This facility will actively support ...

‘Flight originated from the imagination’: how artists have captured space travel

As the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum turns 50, an expansive exhibition celebrates how art has coincided with space ...
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One Small Step Back in Time: Relive the Wonder of Apollo 11

On July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin landed on the moon as ...