This series will explore historic space missions from the start of the Space Age to the present day, including both crewed and robotic missions. Here we will investigate the scientific rationale ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apollo 9 commander Jim McDivitt, as seen on board the command module "Gumdrop" in March 1969. Former NASA astronaut James McDivitt ...

The Apollo program is enshrined in our memories as a crowning achievement of all mankind. But people who don't research space junk for a living probably don't know that things may have been profoundly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 27-foot-long (8 meters) segment of the Titan II rocket that launched NASA's Gemini 5 mission in 1965 and became the first U.S.

James McDivitt, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions, died in his sleep last week in Tucson, Arizona, NASA said in a statement Monday. He was 93. McDivitt was ...

WASHINGTON — NASA will honor astronaut James “Jim” Lovell, Jr., with the presentation of an Ambassador of Exploration Award for his contributions to the U.S. space program. During a ceremony Friday, ...

Sixty years ago today, NASA launched Gemini X, a landmark mission that helped lay the foundation for the historic Apollo Moon ...

SpaceX was set to launch a Falcon 9 rocket and then a Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida as little as 45 minutes apart on Thursday evening. But SpaceX postponed the Falcon Heavy launch on Thursday ...

NASA will honor former astronaut James (Jim) McDivitt for his involvement in the Gemini and Apollo space programs with the presentation of the Ambassador of Exploration Award. The ceremony is at 3:30 ...

Jim McDivitt, an astronaut who played a key role in making America's first spacewalk and moon landing possible, has died. He was 93. NASA confirmed his death to NPR on Monday, adding that he was ...