It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft on its way to the moon, ...

Steak and eggs is the standard pre-launch meal for NASA astronauts, a tradition that dates back to the dawn of American ...

In a fascinating intersection of space exploration and Earth science, NASA’s Apollo astronauts once trained on the alien-like ...

An 18-karat gold version of the first watch worn on the moon has set a record for the most paid for an astronaut's timepiece.

The space agency wants to come up with a way to transform 96 sacks of feces, urine and vomit — ditched by Apollo astronauts to lighten their load — into water, energy, and fertilizer ...

One of the most impressive subplots of the Tom Hanks movie “Apollo 13,”  a film now 30 years old if you can believe that, was ...

New research funded by NASA has uncovered surprising risks hidden in the dust and rocks on the moon — and it could be ...

A Mississippi State alumnus who played a pivotal role in the Apollo 13 mission died on Monday. Robert ‘Ed’ Smylie was born in ...

The creatives behind this Apple TV+ sci-fi series consulted with real astronauts to ensure its depiction of an alternate ...

The auction house also sold a gold Omega Speedmaster that belonged to Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell for $142,664. Though ...

Robert Edwin “Ed” Smylie of Crossville, Tennessee, a Mississippi State alumnus who played a pivotal role in the Apollo 13 ...

Like all of the astronauts who flew Gemini and Apollo missions, NASA issued Armstrong with an Omega Speedmaster Professional chronograph as part of his flight equipment. As the commander of the ...