Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for ...

One of the first footprints on another world, from the Apollo 11 crew. Between 1969 and 1972, 12 astronauts walked on the moon. (NASA) ...

Our rating: False We rate FALSE the claim that a mismatch between a space boot and the moon footprint proves the moon landing was fake. The conspiracy theory overlooks the fact that astronauts wore ...

An Apollo 11 astronaut's footprint in the lunar soil. (Photo by NASA/Newsmakers) Unlike the earth, the moon doesn’t experience weathering and erosion from elements like wind or water. So a footprint ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday (May 7, 2025) that India was marching ahead with renewed confidence in the field of space exploration and its astronauts' footprints will be on the Moon.

This mission will feature the first landing on the lunar surface since 1972, as the astronauts are expected to touch down at the Moon's south pole to explore, gather samples, and conduct science.

A Belgian sculptor credited with the "Fallen Astronaut" figurine left on the surface of the moon in 1971 has now fallen himself. Paul Van Hoeydonck died on May 3, at his home in Antwerp.

Apollo 14 After Apollo 13’s near-disaster and aborted Moon landing, Apollo 14 (1971) saw America’s first astronaut, Alan Shepard, as the commander with Ed Mitchell as lunar module pilot.

Eugene Cernan, the last astronaut to walk on the moon, an experience that he said made him "belong to the universe," died on Monday at the age of 82, the U.S. space agency said.

Photo by JAXA The first non-American to walk on the moon — assuming China doesn’t get there first — will be a Japanese astronaut, the U.S. announced yesterday.