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.

NASA Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot on the Apollo 12 mission, with a sample collection bag, as photographed by Conrad. NASA “The rock box is a great example of problem solving,” says Muir ...

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

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 ...

As NASA prepares to return to the moon, studying astronaut health and safety is a top priority. Scientists monitor and ...

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 1 was meant to be the first crewed spaceflight ... of the moon but only spent 2 hours and 31 minutes outside the lunar module. They used this time to collect samples, take pictures, and ...

One of the most enduring and powerful images from America's space program. Earthrise was taken on Christmas eve in 1968 by Astronaut William Anders, Lunar Module Pilot. It is a vintage print in suberb ...

Fifty-one years ago this month, NASA’s Apollo 13 mission would have been the agency’s third Moon landing and lunar exploration mission. A movie and several books relate the story of this challenging ...

Apollo 8 and 10 entered lunar orbit but didn't achieve the ... While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended to the Moon in the Eagle module, Michael Collins remained alone in Columbia.