On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy stood before a joint session of Congress and challenged America to land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. “No single space project in this period ...

A historic NASA spacecraft will soon leave the Smithsonian for the Sooner State. The Apollo command module that was flown by the third and last astronaut crew to live on board the United States' first ...

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon mission, which saw human beings walk on the surface of the moon for the very first time. This mission was, without a doubt, one of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. Even from our perspective in 2019, 50 years later, humanity's ...

“Everyone involved accomplished many, many firsts with that flight,” says Smithsonian curator Teasel Muir-Harmony. of NASA's near-perfect mission, (above: Apollo 8 command module). Museum of Science ...

Apollo 11 is rightfully hailed as an extraordinary success for the US. After all, NASA rocketed humans to the moon's surface for the first time and brought them home alive. But there were quite a few ...

The flight of Apollo 11, the mission chosen to attempt the first lunar landing, was scheduled to launch July 16, 1969. After the success of Apollo 10, it appeared that NASA would indeed keep the ...