Astronaut Alan Bean, 4th Person To Walk On The Moon, Dies At 86
Bean was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 12, which made the second moon landing in 1969.
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Bean was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 12, which made the second moon landing in 1969.
People from around the world are going through mountains of data and images sent back from space and making incredible discoveries.
It likely won't get any easier for the seventh planet in our solar system as a new report has confirmed that Uranus does actually stink like bad gas.
An asteroid came alarmingly close to striking the Earth on April 15, just hours after the large space rock was spotted flying through the solar system.
Young was the only spaceman to span NASA's Gemini, Apollo and shuttle programs, and became the first person to rocket away from Earth six times.
Astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) participated in the beloved earthly tradition, sharing their out-of-this-world costumes on social media.
The newest Lego sets are out of this world!
While it may seem like the days of fidget spinners are over, the craze appears to have finally reached the final frontier!
An asteroid the size of a house is zooming past our planet at about 16,000 miles per hour.
A recent announcement about a position at NASA has generated a lot of excitement from the public – especially from one fourth grader from New Jersey.
The collection bag, used by astronaut Neil Armstrong during the first manned mission to the moon in 1969, will be featured Thursday at a Sotheby's auction in New York City of items related to space voyages.
Uber is working on a product that could be a dream come true for Jetsons fans.
Social media is all abuzz about the solar system with people chiming in like crazy, using the hashtag #7NamesFor7NewPlanets.
For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a nearby star -- and these new worlds could hold life.
Cernan was commander of NASA's Apollo 17 mission and on his third space flight when he set foot on the lunar surface.
About nine minutes after the rocket blasted off, to cheers from the control room, its jettisoned first stage landed upright on a so-called droneship in the Pacific Ocean south of Vandenberg -- part of Spacex's effort to make boosters reusable.
According to NASA, a supermoon like this won't happen again for another 18 years, with the next one projected to occur on Nov. 25, 2034.
By the time Williams returns to Earth in two weeks, he will have logged 534 days off the planet for NASA.
Ground controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Lockheed Martin erupted in applause when the solar-powered spacecraft beamed home news that it was circling Jupiter's poles.
Astronaut Scott Kelly is back on Earth after a year's journey that was literally out of this world.
Mars appears to have flowing streams of salty water, at least in the summer, scientists reported Monday in a finding that could have major implications for the possibility of life on the planet.
NASA reported in a dramatic posting on its website Sunday that it will soon announce that a mystery about Mars has been solved.
Former NASA astronaut Col. Pamela Melroy will speak at the event Sunday afternoon.
In a day of both jubilation and tension, scientists waited anxiously Tuesday for NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to send word across 3 billion miles and confirm it got humanity's first up-close look at Pluto.
Hubble rocketed into space on April 24, 1990 aboard space shuttle Discovery. It orbits about 350 miles above the Earth.
