By 1967, NASA had wrapped up the Mercury and Gemini programs and was preparing for the launch of the first Apollo-series spacecraft.

The prime crew for the first manned flight of Project Apollo died in a flash fire inside the three-man spacecraft atop its ...

Find out about the main events that have taken place on this day over the years.

Trump claimed last week that a US ‘armada’ was heading towards the region but said he hopes to avoid using it.

Falling pieces of metal from the giant structure that toppled next to a ConocoPhillips drilling pad pose a risk to responders ...

Now, scientists have devised a clever new way to predict where the pieces may land.

Scientists have discovered that earthquake sensors can track falling space debris by detecting the sonic booms it creates as ...

As the oldest astronaut Buzz Aldrin turns 96, the astronauts of Artemis II wish him happy birthday and talk about their ...

Richard “Dick” F. Gordon Jr. was born in Seattle on Oct. 5, 1929. He graduated from UW with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1951. By graduation, Gordon had not yet set his sights on being one out ...

On the annual Day of Remembrance, "Apollo 1," a film that highlights a NASA tragedy during the race to the moon, was ...

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

The sensors used to listen for earthquakes could help protect people from the hazards created by falling spacecraft.