NASA had a contingency plan in case Apollo astronauts were stranded near the Moon, but it was far stranger and riskier than you might expect.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – If space flight seems to have lost its luster, jaded Earthlings take note. NASA and its Cleveland contingent are returning to an old haunt with human cargo on board. For the first ...

The Apollo Moon landings are among the most dissected events in history, yet some of their strangest details still hide in the fine print. I have pulled together 10 insane Apollo Moon landing facts ...

SpaceX and Blue Origin hold Human Lander System (HLS) flight service contracts with NASA to ferry astronauts to and from ...

Apollo 11 - Landing on the Sea of Tranquility - July 20, 1969. 16mm landing film by Gary Neff, source footage courtesy John Knoll. Full description: http://history ...

"We did it. We actually put people on the surface of the moon." Those were the words from former Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell, who was just one of millions of people around the globe who watched in awe ...

While the crew of Apollo 9 was still orbiting Earth on this day in 1969, preparations were already underway on the ground for the next critical step in the race to the Moon.