On this day in 1969, NASA formally announced the prime crew selected to carry out the Apollo 11 mission, a decision that would soon mark one of the most defining moments in human history.

In July 1969, the Soviet N1 moon rocket detonated at Baikonur just days before Apollo 11, exposing how close, and how fragile, the Moon Race really was. Then an even darker launchpad catastrophe in ...

In July 1969, the Soviet N-1 moon rocket detonated at Baikonur in one of history’s most powerful non-nuclear explosions, just weeks before Apollo 11. From intelligence briefings and rushed launch ...

From the Artemis II moon mission to searching for signs of life on distant plants, 2026 will be a big year for space.

David Bowie’s former childhood home in Bromley, where he wrote one of his best known songs, Space Oddity, is to open to the ...

Four astronauts are about to become the first humans to venture near the moon in more than half a century since NASA's iconic ...

Godspeed, Artemis 2! As early as February, 4 astronauts will board NASA's Orion capsule atop the SLS rocket in Florida for 10 ...

When it comes to treating medical issues in space, NASA tries to fully equip its astronauts with the knowledge and tools to ...

David changed his name from Jones to Bowie in September 1965 to avoid confusion with the lead singer of The Monkees, but ...

NASA has a history of leaving terrestrial squabbles at home. In 1975, the Apollo-Soyuz mission brought together two Cold War ...

Serenity Flight will place a symbolic portion of Ley’s cremated remains into Earth orbit alongside other participants who ...

David Bowie’s former childhood home in Bromley, where he wrote one of his best known songs, Space Oddity, is to open to the public as ...