The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...

While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space ...

Following Apollo 11, NASA put humans on the moon on ... thinks renewed moon interest from the likes of China could start the next space race. But this time the space race will be different ...

Sixty years ago, a NASA astronaut’s antics on a spaceflight into low-Earth orbit sparked a national controversy in the U.S.

No one enjoys being on the losing team. When the United States won the space race in 1969 by putting Apollo 11 astronauts on the moon, America exhibited technological superiority over the Soviet ...

Astronaut Edgar Dean Mitchell's experience in space led him to found the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which explores the science behind psychic and spiritual phenomena.

The Science Museum in London is closing its almost 40-year-old 'Exploring Space' gallery to establish a new 'Space' gallery ...

The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.

The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Russian capsule that brought Britain's first professional astronaut back to Earth, and the only flown-to-the-moon Apollo command module to be ...