The National Air and Space Museum opened five new galleries July 1 for its 50th anniversary. Here’s what’s new on the National Mall ...

Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. Facts July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the ...

From the day the Soviets put an astronaut into space in April 1961, the race was on with America to get a man on the moon.

This week, several family members of Connecticut veterans, were bestowed military medals awarded to their loved ones that ...

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The famed Apollo 13 rescue has been the focus of several movies, including a 2024 Netflix documentary. Not all the films have told an accurate tale.

A team of NASA engineers is studying the Apollo Lunar Module on display at the Cradle of Aviation in Uniondale in preparation of America's next moon landing. Credit: Newsday/Howard Schnapp Stay logged ...

Space tourism is still costly and challenging, but an inspirational visit to America's great aviation and space museums and destinations is easy to pull off.

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Inside mission control during the dramatic rescue of Apollo 13. On April 17, 1970, the command module for the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean near the Samoan Islands with ...