An 18-karat gold version of the first watch worn on the moon has set a record for the most paid for an astronaut's timepiece.

The present image was taken by Astronaut Russell Schweickart, the lunar module pilot of the Apollo 9 Mission. In the ...

Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo ...

The Apollo 13 mission will forever be remembered as a testament to human ingenuity and the will to survive. Three NASA ...

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. [...] ...

Apollo 8 was the first mission when astronauts could admire their home planet as a small island of life hanging in the dark ...

Command module pilot Jack Swigert uttered the famous words to Mission Control Center which have often been misquoted.

A gold Omega Speedmaster once owned by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong was sold for $2,187,500, setting a new record for ...

On April 20, 1999, two students shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher and injured 23 others before taking their own lives at Columbine High School, near Denver, Colorado. In 1812, the fourth ...

(CBS) – On this day in history, April 16, 1972, the Apollo 16 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke spent a record-breaking 71 hours on the moon. The ...

The crew of the Apollo 11 mission, from left: mission commander Neil Armstrong, command module pilot Michael Collins and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin. NASA The 11 minutes of powered descent to ...