Most people in Central Florida recognize the name John Young because it appears on a major Orlando roadway and even an ...

(NASA) – On Feb. 9, 1971, the nine-day Apollo 14 Moon landing mission came to a successful conclusion with the splashdown of astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell aboard ...

II astronauts will return for a 10-day deep-space mission that’ll test new spacecraft, new partnerships and a new approach to ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will award its 2026 Michael Collins Trophy to Farouk El-Baz for Lifetime ...

SpaceX launched 26 missions from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A in 2025 including four human spaceflight missions. That era is coming to an end.

If flying to the Moon were like swimming the English Channel, no one in the 53 years since Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific would have ventured more than 40 metres from the beach. That is about ...

Not only will Artemis II be the first mission to reach the moon in more than half a century, it will also represent a significant demographic and cultural shift. Koch will be the first woman to go to ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Jan. 27 is a dark day in the world of space exploration. It’s the anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire that killed three NASA astronauts, including Grand Rapids native Roger B ...

On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 1 fire was the first major deadly disaster in the history of ...

A film titled "Apollo 1" was screened at Kennedy Space Center for NASA's annual Day of Remembrance. The film documents the 1967 Apollo 1 tragedy where astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger ...

On Jan. 22, 1968, NASA launched Apollo 5, marking the first time the Apollo Lunar Module flew in space and a critical step toward landing astronauts on the Moon. BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – On Jan. 22, ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Space and Rocket Center has completed the annual cleaning of the Apollo 16 Command module. The work ensures the display is preserved for generations to come. The archives ...