NASA engineer Irving Pinkel helped revolutionize aircraft safety through crash-fire research, icing studies, and spacecraft ...

A symbol of Florida's Space Coast, the VAB at Kennedy Space Center has powered moon missions past and present. Here is its ...

America’s push to reach the moon transformed science, technology and exploration. More than 50 years after Apollo 11, the ...

The formation of NASA has its origins in the Cold War. When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik — a 183-pound, basketball-sized satellite — in 1957, American leaders were caught off guard. Since the ...

The Artemis II mission launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida April 1, carrying four astronauts towards the moon. While the astronauts did not land on the moon during the 10-day flight, ...

Criticism of our space program is overdue. In the last eight fiscal years the United States has spent more than $30 billion on it-not $20 billion in 10 years, as President Johnson maintains. We have ...

As he took his final steps before leaving the moon, Apollo 17 commander Gene Cernan had some poignant closing words: “We leave as we came, and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? On July 3, 1969, just 17 days before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the ...