Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo program. Three NASA astronauts were on board: John Young, the commander, Ken ...

GILBERT, Ariz. — The first piece of a new space station that will orbit the moon is now sitting inside a clean room in Gilbert. NASA and Northrop Grumman unveiled the module to the public Tuesday, ...

The present image was taken by Astronaut Russell Schweickart, the lunar module pilot of the Apollo 9 Mission. In the ...

An 18-karat gold version of the first watch worn on the moon has set a record for the most paid for an astronaut's timepiece.

The hybrid motor combines solid fuel with gaseous oxygen to generate a powerful exhaust stream, mimicking the conditions of a real lunar lander.

Apollo 8 was the first mission when astronauts could admire their home planet as a small island of life hanging in the dark ...

(CBS) – On this day in history, April 16, 1972, the Apollo 16 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke spent a record-breaking 71 hours on the moon. The ...

Commander of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission ... but a fire during a test killed all three of the astronauts inside the command module. After the fire, NASA made several changes and ...

NASA Brent Garry peers down from a National Air and Space Museum walkway at the Apollo lunar module, the astronauts’ home on missions to the moon in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Inside ...

Every detail on the container, from its polished exterior to the chain-mail-like mesh inside ... NASA Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot on the Apollo 12 mission, with a sample collection bag ...

The Apollo 13 mission was meant to be the third lunar landing but the operation ... The thermostats inside the oxygen tank should have been upgraded to ones capable of handling 65v power but ...