Wikimedia Commons/NASA Apollo 8 Astronauts and the USS Yorktown Apollo 8 splashed down at 10:51 a.m. on December 27, 1968, in the Pacific Ocean 1,000 miles southwest of Hawaii. USS Yorktown waited ...

Test your knowledge of NASA's monumental Apollo Missions! This quiz challenges your understanding of lunar landings, key ...

On Aug. 2, 1971, a lunar liftoff was televised for the first time. Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin spent three days on the moon before departing in the lunar module, named "Falcon." ...

Apollo 11 made history as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, while Michael Collins ...

The first joint space mission between the United States and Russia (then the Soviet Union) docked in Earth orbit half a ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated the anniversary of the of the Apollo 11 spaceflight mission, the first crewed moon landing.

Saint Paul also sent a message honoring and blessing the three astronauts after they landed on the moon, calling them ...

Test your knowledge of iconic U.S. astronauts and their historic space missions. This quiz covers pioneering achievements, ...

Here’s a look at the life of astronaut Neil Armstrong. Personal Birth date: August 5, 1930 Death date: August 25, 2012 Birthplace: Wapakoneta, Ohio Birth name: Neil Alden Armstrong Father: Stephen ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

Seen here, the fourth simulated abort test of the Apollo Spacecraft designated A-003 took place on May 19, 1965. The footage reveals the sudden surprise that researchers encountered on that day when ...

On July 21, 1925, the so-called Monkey Trial, which pitted Clarence Darrow against William Jennings Bryan in Dayton, Tenn., ...