Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

Widely acknowledged as one of the most widely distributed photographic images in existence, the "Blue Marble" was ...

The Apollo 16 Mission landed in and explored Descartes Highlands on the moon. Due to numerous mechanical concerns, the Apollo 16 Mission returned to Earth one day earlier than originally was planned.

Scientists have long noted differences between the lunar near side and far side. While the near side periodically passes ...

Command module pilot Jack Swigert uttered the famous words to Mission Control Center which have often been misquoted.

Moon is slowly moving away from Earth at a rate of 3.8 centimetres per year. This gradual drift affects Earth’s rotation and ...

Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo ...

Jeff Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sánchez went to space with the first female-only crew since 1963. She talked about Bezos and how ...

Soil and rocks returned from the moon’s mysterious far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth, ...

The patchwork blankets depict astronauts, rockets, capsules and bootprints, as well as — perhaps surprisingly — a few ...

The Apollo 13 mission will forever be remembered as a testament to human ingenuity and the will to survive. Three NASA ...