The original Mercury space capsule had no window, a hatch with 70 bolts that had to be removed from outside, and zilch for the astronaut to do except endure g-forces, hope nothing went wrong, and ...

The 2011 found footage film Apollo 18 (streaming now on Peacock!) tells the story of a secret crewed Moon mission and the cover up that followed. The Apollo 18 mission (canceled in real life) was ...

’Space Chimps’ characters from left: Comet, Luna, Ham III, Titan and Houston. If you’re old enough to read this review, you aren’t the target audience for “Space Chimps,” a movie about chimpanzees ...

Ham the chimp launched into space before he spent some of his retirement years in North Carolina. NASA A pioneering chimpanzee went into space for NASA — then retired to North Carolina 44 years ago.

Before any human dared orbit the stars, a young chimpanzee named Ham took the leap. His journey from the jungles of Cameroon to a NASA launchpad involved confusion, bananas, and a brush with celebrity ...

If you're old enough to read this review, you aren't the target audience for "Space Chimps," a movie about chimpanzees sent in search of intelligent life. "Chimps," from the animation studio that gave ...

The Houston premiere of Space Chimps for NASA families Thursday evening put filmmaker Rob Moreland in orbit. When he was about 8, the Houston native commandeered his father's home movie camera to make ...

When Alan Shepard returned safely to Earth late in the Gagarin spring of 1961, a relieved, ecstatic nation treated him to ticker tape, meet-the-president, and, subsequently, a trip to the moon. The ...

Most adults like to think there's still a little 6-year-old inside them. Well, mine isn't talking to me anymore, not since I took him to "Space Chimps." C'mon: Space? Chimps? I thought he'd relate.