A documentary being screened in town this week tells the story of Apollo 1 and its crew, including Grand Rapids native Roger ...
The Apollo program began with soaring ambitions — a lunar mission by the end of the 1960s. Then, tragedy struck. On January ...
Apollo 11 looked like a flawless victory, but the mission came dangerously close to failure more than once. A leaking ...
Join us as we show you where four incredible scientific "firsts" unfolded in the northern hemisphere night sky, ranging from ...
Apollo astronaut Harrison “Jack” Schmitt knows what the Artemis II crew was feeling when it rocketed into space this month ...
Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes ...
NASA astronaut Christina Koch gazes at Earth on April 2, 2026, taken with an iPhone 17 Pro Max. (Photo courtesy of NASA) As a s pace h istorian and curator well-versed in the visual culture of human ...
SAN DIEGO — Last week, on the day of the Artemis launch, a newsroom conversation turned into a powerful reminder of how NASA’s legacy still resonates today. During an editorial meeting, ...
The Artemis II astronauts traveled 252,756 miles from Earth during a seven-hour lunar flyby. The crew experienced a 40-minute communications blackout while traveling around the far side of the moon.
Monday, April 6, was Flight Day 6 for the Artemis 2 mission. In many ways it was the mission’s climax, containing the lunar flyby, the closest approach to the Moon, and the literal turning point as ...
With the moon now filling their windows, the Artemis II astronauts set a record Monday as the farthest humans from Earth during a lunar flyby promising magnificent views of the far side never before ...