Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Deposit Photos. The Space Race, a fascinating era of the 20th century, captivated the world with its heroic goals ...

Astronaut Neil Armstrong transmitted that striking statement back to Earth on July 20, 1969, from the surface of the moon. President John F. Kennedy made the dramatic pledge in 1961 to land a man on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the start of the new year, we're starting a new feature. We're bringing you daily facts on the history of human space ...

Astronaut and geophysicist Andrew Feustel is a veteran of three NASA spaceflights and alumnus of Purdue EAPS. Currently he is Lead Astronaut with Vast. He spoke with Lucy Flesch, Frederick L. Hovde ...

White Sands Missile Range has been a pivotal player in the evolution of missile systems, rocket testing, and space exploration. Since its inception in 1945, the range has facilitated a variety of ...

On 12 November 2014, after a 10-year journey through the solar system and over 500 million kilometers from home, Rosetta's lander Philae made space exploration history by touching down on a comet for ...

Space exploration’s greatest victories often overshadow its most fascinating failures. While the Apollo moon landings and Mars rover successes capture headlines, NASA’s archives contain dozens of ...

‘Xi, You’re Not Welcome’: As Trump Hosts China’s Leader, Thousands Protest in Washington Japan’s national space agency – the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – was established in 2003, but ...

With the start of the new year, we're starting a new feature. We're bringing you daily facts on the history of human space exploration. From the renaissance Italian astronomers to commercial crew ...