However, due to the Space Race with Russia, President John F Kennedy announced the goal of landing an American on the moon’s surface, causing Apollo 11’s mission to change. The astronauts ...

That mission is known as NS-30, because it will be the 30th overall launch of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket-capsule combo.

"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...

The National Air and Space Museum holds approximately 17,000 space artifacts ... with 400 objects related specifically to the first successful lunar landing mission, Apollo 11. On July 20, 1969, ...

The Apollo spaceflight program lasted from 1961 to 1972. Apollo 11 was Neil Armstrong's famous first step. Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. In all, 20 Apollo flights were planned but ...

She was on the team that specialized in trans-earth injection, the maneuvers that put the spacecraft on course to return to Earth from lunar orbit. During missions including Apollo 8, Apollo 11 ...

Unlike the Apollo ... missions that are getting us back to the moon. Get comfortable with the acronym CLPS, which stands for Commercial Lunar Payload Services. That’s a NASA program in which the ...

The WMF's concern isn't just about physical preservation but also about maintaining the historical and cultural value these sites represent. Artifacts left on the Moon, such as the golden olive branch ...

Credit: AP/Czarek Sokolowski He said his fascination with space came from the Star Wars movies. For Whitson it was the “real-life lunar landing” in 1969 by the U.S. Apollo 11 mission ...

The multifunctional timepiece pays homage to the space programme by replicating the Apollo DSKY, the guidance and navigation computer interface used by astronauts during moon missions. Crafted from ...