The next time astronauts land on the moon, we will watch it in high-definition. The transmission will be in color, digital and at up to 60 frames per second.

A total solar eclipse was captured from a NASA Gulfstream III aircraft flying 25,000 feet above Oregon’s coast. The eclipse, where the Moon passed in front of the Sun, cast its shadow across a narrow ...

Cumberland County is a beautiful, peaceful retreat that we native Upper Cumberlanders (or is it Cumberlandites?) and our ...

America’s newest space heroes ended man’s greatest and most dangerous space adventure when their sturdy six-ton spaceship ...

Abstract: The Apollo lunar landings were both incredibly successful and challenging. As the world watched, each of the six landing missions faced potentially mission ending hazards within each of the ...

Omega Speedmaster given to Apollo 9 astronaut is one of just 28 numbered watches. It could well head into the millions. Find ...

Ed Smylie, who became a quiet hero of the space age in 1970 when he and his fellow NASA engineers jury-rigged an air filter ...

May 21 has witnessed a range of significant historical events across the centuries.One of the standout global events on May ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is one step closer to completing its multiyear renovation this summer by ...

The National Air and Space Museum gets closer to fully completing the most extensive renovation since its founding.

When NASA astronauts on Apollo 13 failed in their attempt to land on the moon, NASA engineers were successful in bringing ...

Apollo 10 launched on a mission to the moon. Apollo 10 was considered a "dress rehearsal" for a lunar landing. It did ...