On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts later used to land on the moon. Astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott ...

As soon as April, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration — NASA — will launch Artemis II, the first crewed mission ...

NASA has locked in March 6, 2026, as the earliest date to launch Artemis II, the first crewed mission to fly humans toward the moon since the Apollo era. The four-person crew will ride the Space ...

North American Aviation’s X-15 rocket plane reached 4,520 mph and climbed to 354,200 feet during a program that ran from 1959 to 1968, producing flight data NASA credits as foundational to later U.S.

MOUNT PLEASANT — One of America’s most monumental space missions ended not in Houston, but on the deck of an aircraft carrier that would one day call Charleston Harbor home. When Apollo 8 fell back to ...

The spacecraft that could soon carry four people on a historic lunar mission, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion capsule, will take center stage Saturday, making an hours-long journey ...

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[Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969. Fortunately [Mike] was able to dig up some old documentation which ...

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A magnificent photograph of lunar module pilot Jim Irwin saluting the American flag at the Hadley-Apennine landing site during Apollo 15. The lunar module and rover appear behind him, to his left, in ...

Scientists have discovered that moonquakes, not meteoroids, are responsible for shifting terrain near the Apollo 17 landing site. Their analysis points to a still-active fault that has been generating ...