Last Updated on August 4, 2025 by Matt Staff In August of 1971, Apollo 15 set out on what would become one of NASA’s most ...

On Aug. 2, 1971, a lunar liftoff was televised for the first time. Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin spent ...

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The journey to the Moon remains one of the most extraordinary achievements in human history. Sparked by the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and intensified when Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space, ...

"Apollo 13," which is heading to IMAX, recounts the perilous 1970 efforts of three astronauts to return to Earth safely ...

Peering at the sunlit skies through a Vatican-owned space telescope and calling the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 ...

Having launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon on July 20, the Apollo 11 astronauts returned home and splashed down ...

Test your knowledge of iconic U.S. astronauts and their historic space missions. This quiz covers pioneering achievements, ...

What if you were told that within a single decade, humanity could go from barely flying beyond Earth's atmosphere to setting foot on another celestial ...

The first joint space mission between the United States and Russia (then the Soviet Union) docked in Earth orbit half a ...

As the world marked the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, clips of Buzz Aldrin began circulating, prompting claims that he 'admitted' to never having been there.