NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has picked out the final resting place of the Soviet Lunokhod 2 rover after a Canadian researcher followed the 37 year old tire tracks captured in recently released moon photos.
Reflectors placed on the moon during Apollo missions practically stop working during a full moon. Now we may know why.
Sending astronauts to Mars within a decade is do-able, says Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin, pointing to a plan for a deep-space exploration vehicle and a heavy-lift rocket based on space shuttle systems. “I believe we can be well on our ...
Space photographs of the full globe of Earth taken by the Apollo astronauts in the late 1960s first revealed just how fragile and finite a world we live upon. The Earth was dubbed the "blue marble" floating against an inky ...
Gemini III launches, carrying Grissom, Young and a hidden corned beef sandwich into space (NASA). The 1960's were pioneering years for space exploration. Driven by Cold War politics, President John Kennedy put the US space agency on a 'do or ...
