A Santa Monica native and retired Marine colonel will take the helm of one of the most ambitious American space missions since the Apollo era. NASA announced Tuesday that Randy Bresnik has been named ...

After its historic and successful Artemis II mission, NASA is all set to announce the next squad who will take the mantle ahead for Artemis III. The announcement of the Artemis II ...

The explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn on its launch pad during a static fire test on May 28 was just one of many that have rocked the Space Coast over the decades. Shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday, a ...

This video explores the Apollo Lunar Module, the spacecraft that successfully landed astronauts on the moon. The Lunar Module consisted of two stages: the ascent stage and the descent stage. Both ...

The U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville announced that retired NASA Apollo engineer Craig Sumner has died. The veteran of the Apollo moon landings, the retired space shuttle program, and the ...

Neil Armstrong might have been the first man on the moon, but it seems that he was also pretty nifty at hiding mementos from his time in space. Following his death in 2012, Armstrong’s wife, Carol, ...

The Artemis II mission is to send a crew of four astronauts on a historic 10-day mission around the moon. How long has it been since the last American . astronaut landed on the moon? Why is the ...

Nearly 60 years ago, three Americans made history as the first humans to ever break free of Earth's orbit on their way toward the moon. And when they passed behind the moon to the side Earth never ...

Rediscover the famous words exchanged between astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins during the first moon landing and see the historic photos they took. At dawn of a two-week ...

Artemis 3 is no longer bound for the Moon, while the space agency has officially added Artemis 4 to the program roster. Even as NASA crews effect repairs to the Artemis 2 rocket this week, the agency ...

The Lunar Module (LM) lifts off from the lunar surface to dock with the Command and Service Module (CSM). It was a three-day journey home. After atmospheric re-entry and water landing, the astronauts ...