Neil Armstrong Memorabilia Fetches $7.5 Million At Auction
Memorabilia that belonged to the first man to set foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong, has fetched more than $7.4 million at a Dallas auction.
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Memorabilia that belonged to the first man to set foot on the moon, Neil Armstrong, has fetched more than $7.4 million at a Dallas auction.
It's apt that a maze cut into an Oklahoma cornfield featuring the likeness of a former NASA astronaut can be seen from space.
A small air leak has developed on the Russian side of the International Space Station.
For the first time in 50 years, an astronaut-in-training is quitting NASA.
A German robot named "Cimon" has an IA brain courtesy of IBM.
Working as a biochemist, Peggy Whitson, joined NASA as a researcher in 1986 and became an astronaut in 1996. Her last spaceflight was last year.
Astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth person to walk on the moon, has died.
When NASA astronaut Joseph Acaba was out doing a spacewalk during a recent trip to the International Space Station, he held on tight. That's because Acaba is afraid of heights.
Three astronauts returned from the International Space Station to the snowy, bitingly cold flat lands of Central Asia, ending a 5 1/2-month mission highlighted by robotic renovations, teacher pep talks and greetings from Pope Francis.
Fifteen years ago today, the space shuttle Columbia exploded over Texas. All seven astronauts on board were killed, including one with ties to North Texas.
NASA has bumped an astronaut off an upcoming spaceflight, a rare move for the space agency so close to launch.
Legendary astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died, NASA said Saturday. Young was 87.
Bruce McCandless was famously photographed in 1984 flying with a hefty spacewalker's jetpack, alone in the cosmic blackness above a blue Earth.
Astronauts got a mouth-watering haul with Tuesday's Earth-to-space delivery — pizza and ice cream.
During Apollo 12 in November 1969, Gordon circled the moon in the command module "Yankee Clipper" while Alan Bean and Charles Conrad walked on the lunar surface.
It's been one epic year for women, a notion definitely not lost on Glamour magazine as it named U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, 27 key facilitators of the Women's March on Washington and astronaut Peggy Whitson among its women of the year.
Lego has unveiled a set of figures celebrating the women of NASA. The 231-piece set features Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, and Mae Jemison, the first black woman to travel in space.
John Glenn was the first person to snap a photograph of Earth from outer space. Neil Armstrong took the first picture from the moon's surface. The original prints are among 445 rare photos taken by American astronauts that are being sold.
NASA astronauts have been practicing in-the-water exit maneuvers from a mock-up Orion space capsule bobbing in the Gulf of Mexico off Texas.
An equipment water leak has stalled a spacewalk by two U.S. astronauts at the International Space Station.
One of NASA's delivery services is paying tribute to John Glenn, as it gets set to launch supplies to the International Space Station.
The world's most experienced spacewoman says she's thrilled to get an extra three months off the planet.
Astronauts have ventured out on a spacewalk to prep the International Space Station for a new parking spot.
A navigation error forced SpaceX to delay its shipment to the International Space Station on Wednesday, following an otherwise flawless flight from NASA's historic moon pad.
The "60-day Space Poop Challenge," has come up with some inventive solutions for responding to nature's call in zero gravity.
