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In 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut and moon walker Charlie Duke left ... His elder son Charles was 7 and younger son Tom was nearly 5. “So to get the boys involved and the family involved, I said ...

"The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks," was co-written and narrated by the Academy Award-winning actor. In the film, he ...

The "stuck" Boeing Starliner astronauts will return to Earth March 16 after their relief crew arrives, NASA says.

The delayed mission must reach the space station before the two astronauts who've been "stuck" in space can return home.

NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, whose weeklong Boeing Starliner mission turned into an extended stay in space, have ...

(KTEN) — It's not every day you get to speak with an astronaut who's made a trip to the moon. Lone Grove Middle School students had that opportunity on Wednesday afternoon, learning from Apollo ...

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are finally returning from the International Space Station. But how did the ...

But this mission has been singular in almost every way, and astronauts Butch Wilmore and ... total new crewed spacecraft (Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Space Shuttle, SpaceX Crew Dragon, and Boeing ...

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance docked with the International Space Station just after midnight Sunday beginning the ...