The prime crew for the first manned flight of Project Apollo died in a flash fire inside the three-man spacecraft atop its ...

By 1967, NASA had wrapped up the Mercury and Gemini programs and was preparing for the launch of the first Apollo-series spacecraft.

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When Neil Armstrong Aldrin reflected on Apollo 11, they were looking backward at a moment that reshaped history.

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Jan. 27 is a dark day in the world of space exploration. It’s the anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire that killed three NASA ...

The Apollo 1 and Challenger disasters are remembered through local programs that honor fallen astronauts.

Step inside a fascinating space exploration museum and join us on an immersive journey through the history of moon missions.

When NASA’s Space Launch System fires its engines for the second time in history, it will be flying because of more than 14,000 Coloradans. It will carry four astronauts, three Americans and one ...

Live updates from SpaceX’s Tuesday night GPS III-9 mission that launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force ...

NASA's Artemis II is poised for the first lunar mission since 1972—with much more to come.