Unlike the first space age, when the United States and the Soviet Union competed to plant a flag on the Moon, the Artemis ...

On May 5, 1961, Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming ...

The sweep of 2014 had placed Jayalalithaa at a height that suggested not merely victory, but absolute control. Tamil Nadu had returned her with emphatic clarity in Parliament, winning 37 out of 39 ...

The Artemis 2 crew of (from left) Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Jeremy Hansen and Victor Glover with the Orion capsule they flew on the mission after splashdown. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls On April 10, ...

International cooperation successfully saved 19 distressed crew members, including 18 Chinese nationals and one Vietnamese national, in African waters on Wednesday. At around 10 pm on Tuesday, the ...

International cooperation successfully saved 19 distressed crew members, including 18 Chinese nationals and one Vietnamese national, in African waters on Wednesday. At around 10:00 pm on Tuesday, the ...

“If the great brain of NASA were attached to any particular sense, it was the eye,” wrote Norman Mailer in his psychedelic history of the Apollo program. Whatever else one may say of the agency, its ...

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an oxygen tank explosion, has died. He was 97. NASA confirmed his death in a ...

A personal reflection on space exploration, from Apollo to Artemis II, highlights triumphs, tragedies and human resilience.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. [NASA via Getty Images] Nasa's Artemis II mission has successfully sent four astronauts sweeping around the far side of the Moon ...