NASA had to physically prevent the Apollo 10 crew from landing on the moon
NASA astronauts are a brave, brilliant bunch. In the 1960s, they were also fearless to a point many of us might consider insanity. They had to be, because they were…
Today in military history: NASA is formed
On July 29, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration — or NASA — was established. NASA was created in response to the Soviet launch of Sputnik One in 1957….
Did the Soviets leave dead cosmonauts in orbit?
Although today we tend to look back at the Space Race with the Soviet Union as a competition we were destined to win, it was actually the Soviets that secured many of the early victories. American officials at the time weren’t only worried about So…
Exclusive interview with Discovery’s ‘Homemade Astronauts’ Ky Michaelson
The real-life “Rocketman,” Ky Michaelson, is the first civilian to build and launch an unmanned rocket into space. He’s working together with his son, Buddy, and entrepreneur Kurt Anderson –…
12 lunar men: The definitive list of astronauts who walked on the moon…so far
Apollo 11 Command Module pilot Michael Collins died Wednesday. He was one of 24 American astronauts who flew to the moon between 1968 and 1972. Collins was occasionally referred to as “the loneliest…
Over half of NASA’s Artemis Team of astronauts have served
It’s no surprise that many of NASA’s astronauts have military backgrounds. However, it may come as surprise that one of the 18 astronauts selected for NASA’s Artemis team on December…
New NATGEO series takes a deeper look at America’s race to space
Following World War II, the former Soviet Union and the United States began the ultimate race to space. The Right Stuff series by NATGEO premiering on Disney+ chronicles a period of time filled with excitement, fear and more than anything, …
SpaceX just brought 2 NASA astronauts back to Earth in its Crew Dragon spaceship, kicking off ‘the next era in human spaceflight’
SpaceX just achieved a feat that even CEO Elon Musk thought improbable when he founded the rocket company in 2002: flying people to and from space.
On Sunday afternoon, NASA astronauts
Why SpaceX’s launch for NASA is such a big deal for Elon Musk’s rocket company and the US as a whole
The last time the United States launched humans into space from American soil was in 2011, when the last space shuttle made its final voyage into orbit.
Since then, NASA has relied on Russian Soyuz rockets to ferry its astronauts to and from t…
U.S.-Russian crew lands safely In Kazakhstan after more than 200 days in space
Three members of the U.S.-Russian crew have returned to Earth after spending several months at the International Space Station (ISS).
Russia’s Roskosmos space agency