TIMELINE: Mission Moon, NASA's Apollo Program
NASA's Apollo space program was dedicated to putting American astronauts on the moon.
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NASA's Apollo space program was dedicated to putting American astronauts on the moon.
For years, NASA has been creating technology for space that ends up enhancing our everyday lives.
Fortunately, for Apollo 11 and all of mankind, a young, brilliant MIT software engineer saw a potentially mission-crippling error coming from nearly a million miles away.
Growing up in rural Georgia, Lewis Wooten felt light years away from the long, illustrious career he has built at NASA.
On July 20, 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong announced to NASA mission control, "the Eagle has landed."
During the Cold War, one battlefront between the USA and USSR was in the sky, as the nations fought to be first to space.
SpaceX did manage for the first time to catch the fairing, or nose cone, in a giant net on an offshore boat. The California-based company is trying to recover and reuse as many rocket parts as possible — rather than letting the pieces sink in the ocean — to drive down launch costs.
NASA stressed that next week's launch of a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule remains on track. The supply ship is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral on April 30. SpaceX has been making deliveries to the space station since 2012.
The space station's outdated nickel-hydrogen batteries are being replaced with lithium-ion batteries, a lengthy process spanning years.
As the capsule closed in on the space station, its nose cap was wide open like a dragon's mouth to expose the docking mechanism. In a docking with a crew aboard, the capsule would likewise operate autonomously, though the astronauts might push a button or two and would be able to intervene if necessary.
In the end, Opportunity outlived its twin by eight years and set endurance and distance records that could stand for decades.
It would be the first launch of U.S. astronauts into orbit, from U.S. soil, since NASA's shuttle program ended in 2011.
The first science data isn't expected until March, but InSight will be sharing snapshots of Mars along the way.
The 800 pound InSight spacecraft is finally going to reach the red planet to closely study the deep interior of Mars.
The Parker Solar Probe broke the record for closest approach to the sun.
Purdue has a very rich space history. A third of all U.S. space flights have included at least one Purdue grad.
The company has successfully launched 15 Falcon 9s and one Falcon Heavy so far this year.
Astronaut candidate Robb Kulin has resigned halfway through his two years of training at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Scientists have long believed that water ice could exist in the ever-dark recesses at the moon's poles and that belief has finally been confirmed in a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Aug. 20.
The National Weather Service said that Hurricane Lane had become a Category 5 hurricane, which means that it is likely to cause catastrophic damage.
The Parker Solar Probe is named after University of Chicago astrophysicist Dr. Eugene Parker.
The forecast is for mostly clear skies and the best viewing will be away from city lights other "light pollution."
The Parker Solar Probe is named after Chicago native 91-year-old Dr. Eugene Parker.
Mr. Trump has been staying at his golf club in Bedminster, which is 29 miles away.
NASA managers have cleared the $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe for launch early Saturday on a daring mission to "touch the sun."
