Click to open image viewer. This Apollo command module pressure model was part of a larger grouping built and used for wind tunnel testing conducted in the development stage of the Apollo program. The ...

Former NASA boss Jim Bridenstine has warned that the space agency's plan to land astronauts on the Moon risks becoming too ...

On July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin landed on the moon as ...

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 ...

Aldrin’s personal collection, including a pen used to replace a broken button on the lander, and Gus the $36 million T-rex ...

As the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum turns 50, an expansive exhibition celebrates how art has coincided with space ...

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.

Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon, but you probably knew that already.

Several Connecticut families are ringing in America’s 250th birthday with a special surprise and solemn reminder that freedom ...

What was once the most important potato field in the world belonged to the Nurskanova family in the town of Engels, in the ...

With astrophysicists and wildlife ecologists, art conservators and security officers, this discussion series invites visitors ...

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