Russell “Rusty” Schweickart was among the first astronauts in space and the first to pilot the lunar module during the Apollo ...

The month of July 2025 is filled with several enjoyable celestial events. The range of events includes the first meteor ...

The way Ron explained it to me when we started was, 'Look, I'm not making a documentary. I'm making an entertaining movie ...

Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed working beside a huge boulder at Station 6 (base of North Massif) ...

On Ron Howard's 'Apollo 13,' Tom Hanks' space nerd credentials made him a guiding force for the other actors in striving for ...

Defense contracting giant Northrop Grumman has donated $10 million to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in D.C.

According to recent research, scientists have found that moon dust may not be as harmful to humans as it was thought.

Without the looming threats of long-term health issues, NASA could use moon dust to build its base on the surface.

The so-called "right stuff" manifests rather differently in "Apollo 13". Sure, this generation of astronauts knows the final frontier is dangerous, but they also have a professional edge, acting as if ...

The National Air and Space Museum holds approximately 17,000 space artifacts in its collection. More than 3,500 of those stem from the historic Apollo Moon landing effort, with 400 objects related ...

NASA’s SCALPSS cameras capture a lunar sunset, with Earth and Venus visible on the horizon. [Courtesy: Firefly Aerospace] When Frank Sinatra popularized “Fly Me to the Moon,” he was probably ...

Apollo 13, Ron Howard's docudrama about a disastrous mission to the moon, turns 30 this month. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and ...