Before the Apollo missions, there were the Mercury missions. Astronauts had to learn to walk before they could run. They had to be sure they could get into orbit, then back to Earth safely. They had ...

Three supermoons will lighten up the night skies in 2026, the stunning result when a full moon inches closer to Earth than ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday signed an executive order creating a federal “Genesis mission” to support US dominance in artificial intelligence — with officials comparing it to the Apollo ...

That's one small step for a man. One very expensive leap for the United States. Okay, sure, some would argue focusing on the total cost of the Apollo program defeats the purpose. Stepping onto the ...

On November 14, 1969, the Apollo 12 mission launched to the moon. This was the second moon landing of the Apollo program. The two astronauts on board were Pete Conrad and Alan Bean. Richard Gordon ...

Things were not going well for Eugene Cernan, who was outside his ship on a spacewalk — just the second time an American astronaut had ever made such a trip. The vagaries of microgravity and Newton’s ...

While you probably already know about the Apollo 11 moon landing, you may be surprised to learn that NASA's Apollo Program ran from 1962 to 1972 and included 14 total missions, six of which were lunar ...

Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics. Everybody who came of age during the ...

Your obituary “James Arthur Lovell Jr., 1928-2025” (Review & Outlook, Aug. 9) rightly highlights the Apollo 13 near-disaster and the heroism, resilience and competence of those who saved the ship and ...

He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and an author took him around the world. By Robert D.