Space travel is dangerous, and you need an escape plan when astronauts' lives are threatened. It's easy enough to vacate the ISS when someone has a medical emergency, but what if astronauts are in ...

Fifty-six years ago, after a tense race to save the Apollo 13 crew, the astronauts finally splashed down safely. Here’s what ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The lithium hydroxide canister was ...

After a 36-year miliary career, Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen H. Helton retired during a ceremony at Fort Rucker, Ala., March 13, 2026. The former scout helicopter crew chief recently served as Command ...

When the Artemis II four-person crew left Earth’s orbit, they were protected by a computing system designed to move beyond simple redundancy (a la the Apollo missions) to a fail-silent architecture.

Click to open image viewer. This 16mm data acquisition camera (DAC) was used to document the undocking of the Apollo 11 lunar module from the command module and its landing on the Moon on July 20, ...

NASA's Artemis 2 mission will send four astronauts to circle the moon, similar to the Apollo 8 mission of 1968. Like Apollo 8, the Artemis 2 crew will not land on the moon but will test systems for ...

When NASA’s new moon rocket lifts off as soon as April 1, its immense core stage will mix 537,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen with 196,000 gallons of liquid oxygen and ignite the propellant in four, ...

The Artemis II crew may be able to see parts of the moon humans haven’t experienced before; up to 60 percent of their view of the far side of the moon may be unique. Photograph by Babak Tafreshi, Nat ...

Houston, we have a list of great museums where you can learn about the science of outer space and the history of space travel. Inside the American Museum of Natural History's glass cube, the Frederick ...