As NASA and SpaceX prepare for the first astronaut launch from U.S. soil in nearly a decade, it’s important to understand how far human spaceflight has come since the first space explorer. Leading up ...

NASA’s third moon landing mission blasts off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. Severe oscillations — astronauts called it “pogo” — cause the center engine of the Saturn V second stage to shut down ...

It was a rainy November day in Florida as three astronauts embarked on the second crewed voyage to the surface of the moon, but the mission almost ended in tragedy just 36 seconds after liftoff.

Crew members of NASA's Apollo 1 mission were honored this week at the Arlington National Cemetery for the tragedy that was the first in American space program history. More than half a century ago, a ...

During a critical Apollo mission, astronauts faced a rapidly unfolding crisis that threatened both the spacecraft and their ...

Apollo 13 came close to tragedy in 1970, but a new documentary finds hope for our planet in the failed Moon mission. Reading time 4 minutes It’s been more than 60 years since Yuri Gagarin became the ...

Crew members of NASA’s Apollo 1 mission were honored this week at the Arlington National Cemetery for the tragedy that was the first in American space program history. More than half a century ago, a ...

Explore the extraordinary story of NASA’s Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy’s bold vision of a lunar landing in response to Soviet space triumphs. Learn how Werner von Braun shaped the ...

In Saturday’s Globe, a review by Mark Feeney of a documentary about Apollo 13 mentioned three Apollo missions that “everyone” remembers: Apollo 11, Apollo 14, and Apollo 13 (“On Netflix, revisiting ...

ORLANDO, Fla., April 10 (UPI) --The 50th anniversary of Apollo 13's launch on Saturday recalls a NASA tragedy that turned into a triumph of training and innovation. The third attempt to reach the moon ...