(L-R) Dr. John H.L. Hansen, Chengzhu Yu, Dr. Abhijeet Sangwan, and Lakshmish Kaushik pose with a model of an astronaut at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The four oversaw the project to archive ...

Constructed almost entirely from archival sources, the documentary “Apollo 11,” which is available on digital as well as some Imax screens around the country, condenses nine days of the moon mission ...

(Inside Science) — On July 20, 1969, just before 11 p.m. Eastern time, Neil Armstrong planted the first human footprints on another world. It was a defining moment in a journey that had transfixed the ...

When you keep kicking the “risk can” down the road, you may come to regret the consequences. The upcoming anniversary of an historic American tragedy offers a timeless lesson on how unrealistic goals, ...

Three astronauts died in a fire during an Apollo 1 test. The fire was caused by a faulty spacecraft design and pure oxygen atmosphere. The tragedy led to significant safety improvements in spacecraft ...