On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo program. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...

With the historic launch and return of Artemis II, a NASA mission that sent astronauts to fly around the moon for the first ...

This lesson details how NASA got from Alan Shepard rocketing into low orbit in 1961 to Neil Armstrong taking "one small step" on the lunar surface in 1969 and today's ...

The Apollo missions to the moon established many of the guidelines that we still use for space travel today, with some modern ...

The Apollo program stands as one of humanity's most daring and awe-inspiring ventures into the unknown. Led by NASA in the 1960s and 70s, it was a bold response to the space race. From the fiery ...

Salvador Aleguas Jr., 91, of Melbourne, Florida, passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 2, 2026. Born on November 6, 1934, in Colón, Republic of Panama, to Salvador Aleguas and Hilda Aleguas, ...

As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge ...

What began as a mission to land on the moon became history’s most harrowing space rescue after a technical failure forced the ...

From Mercury & Apollo Missions to the Space Shuttle Program, Mars Rover Landings, & Artemis II. NASA officials held a news conference at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to highlight progress on ...

As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its independence, NASA said the Artemis II mission has carried a ...

On Wednesday, four astronauts blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center for a 10-day trip on the Artemis II mission to orbit the moon, further into space than a ...

But Kennedy sold the space program instrumentally as well, in a more familiar politician’s register. Sometimes he used the ...