Scientific and commercial activities on the Moon could permanently change the lunar environment. These activities include ...

White Sands Missile Range, N.M. (Sep. 10, 2025) – This article is part of a series that will delve into the history of the Trinity Site Test, which marked its 80th anniversary on July 16, 2025, and ...

With the start of the new year, we're starting a new feature. We're bringing you daily facts on the history of human space exploration. From the renaissance Italian astronomers to commercial crew ...

Following a period of limited lunar exploration after the 1970s, renewed interest in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has led to a surge in robotic missions by various nations and private ...

The story of Laika, the first dog in space, feels like the beginning of an inspirational biopic. She began as a stray in Moscow and was lovingly given the name Kudryavka(Russian for "little curly one" ...

Could the moon landing have been an international program? Roger D. Launius President John F. Kennedy and Chairman Nikita Khrushchev during their meeting in Vienna, Austria. National Archives and ...

On this list, you'll find some weird incidents on Earth, a bit of Russian space drama and, of course, that little ...

Noted author, poet, and NASA historian Bruce McCandless III ("Wonders All Around") grew up in close proximity to the thundering roar of Apollo-era rockets and the Space Shuttle Program as the son of ...

ON WESH. HE HAS LED NASA INTO A NEW ERA OF EXPLORATION, REVIVING AMERICA’S DREAM TO THE RETURN TO THE MOON AND GO BEYOND. BUT TIME AT THE TOP FOR BILL NELSON IS RUNNING OUT. THE ONE TIME ASTRONAUT, ...

One may easily regard oneself as no more than a speck compared to the universe. Thirteen and eight-tenths billion years after ...

FOR THE NEW SHEPARD PROGRAM. THE SANDS SPACE HISTORY CENTER HAS REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC. THAT’S JUST OUTSIDE THE SPACE FORCE STATION GATES ON CAPE CANAVERAL. AND VISITORS ARE TELLING WESH TWO IT’S A ...