The U.S. Navy doesn’t have a nuclear-powered carrier available, but the USS John P Murtha is well-suited to the recovery ...
Saturday, April 12, 1961 was the date of the first human space flight, carried out by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet citizen. This ...
Orion's interior space is equivalent to that of two minivans, NASA says. That's a lot more breathing room than space capsules ...
On March 31, 1962, NASA approved the design of the new Gemini spacecraft. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...
Space missions can succeed or fail from the support they get from mission control. Here, we look at the changing shape of ...
The planet Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, and also the most difficult for spacecraft to visit and explore. This is ...