Apollo 12, featuring astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean, successfully executed a precision lunar landing in Oceanus Procellarum on November 19, 1969, five days post-launch. During their ...

As NASA prepared astronauts for its second mission into space, National Geographic had exclusive behind-the-scenes access for the intense and out-of-this-world training these pioneers underwent.

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman passes the United States Space Force Combat Forces Command guidon to Lt. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, CFC commander, during an assumption of command ceremony at ...

The most common armor is the Whipple Shield, which was developed by astronomer Fred Whipple in the 1940s. Used on the Apollo Command Module and Lunar Module, the Whipple Shield consists of layers of ...

The Space Force appears to be embracing its inner Johnny Rico with a possible name change of one of its commands. The service is considering changing Space Operations Command’s name to Combat Forces ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. A total lunar eclipse — also known as a “Blood Moon” — is a ...

Eclipse season is by far one of the most notable times of the year—they honestly might as well be astrological holidays. In astrology, a lunar eclipse is when the Sun and Moon oppose each other while ...

James Lovell was the commander of the Apollo 13 mission. The dramatic story of those astronauts returning to earth after major mechanical problems in space was made into a hit movie starring Tom Hanks ...

James Arthur Lovell Jr., the test pilot turned astronaut who helped prevent the Apollo 13 mission from ending in disaster, died on Thursday at the age of 97. NASA confirmed Lovell’s death on Friday, ...

“Houston, we’ve had a problem,” were the words of Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell when an explosion crippled the spacecraft and threatened the lives of the crew ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis ...