Michael Charlton, who has died aged 98, was Panorama’s presenter on the ground at Cape Kennedy and Houston’s Mission Control during the Apollo 11 mission, which took mankind to the Moon.

To meet the challenge of putting a man on the Moon, the Apollo space program needed a rocket more powerful and advanced than any that had ever been seen before. The final result was the Saturn V, the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is an unflown example of the ...

It’s the perfect time to pick up a book and learn something new Smithsonian Books Two piles of books. maaram from Getty Images Pro Tomorrow is National Read a Book Day! Is there a topic you've been ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn will be less than 5 degrees from the lunar disk at sunset on Sept. 8. Look to the eastern horizon just after sunset on Sept. 8 to see the ringed gas giant Saturn shine ...

Heads up stargazers! The shadow of Saturn's largest moon Titan will skim across the gas giant's swirling cloud tops in the early morning hours of Sept. 4. Here's everything you need to know about how ...

Saturn retrograde is backsliding into the heady punch bowl of Pisces this week and four signs will feel the effects most acutely. Gather round, folks — formative, punishing daddy planet Saturn, AKA ...

Saturn, our planet of limits, restrictions, and karmic debts, is moving into Pisces this week, bringing with it a season of high tension and locked horns. Beginning Monday, September 1, Saturn ...

Titan's shadow transit across Saturn begins at 1 A.M. EDT, with the moon itself beginning a partial transit across Saturn's northern polar region around 5 A.M. EDT. Titan's shadow transit lasts ...

Why has silicon, one of the most common elements in the universe, gone largely undetected in the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, and gas planets like them orbiting other stars? A new study using ...

Summer is coming to a close, but the nighttime sky still has a few shows left. The month opened up with the Perseids meteor shower combining with the aurora borealis on Labor Day to provide a colorful ...