Apollo

NASA Extends LADEE Dust Explorer for Bonus Lunar Science

Depiction of NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) observatory as it approaches lunar orbit.Credit: NASA Ames/Dana Berry LADEE…

10 years ago

1st 360 Degree Color Panorama from China’s Chang’e-3 Lunar Lander

1st 360 Degree Color Panorama from China’s Chang’e-3 Lunar Lander Portion of 1st color panorama from Chang’e-3 lander focuses on…

10 years ago

Three-Meter Asteroid Hits Earth’s Atmosphere… Somewhere

This was very likely the last trip around the Sun for the Earth-crossing asteroid 2014 AA, according to calculations by…

10 years ago

See the Apollo 8 “Earthrise” in a Whole New Way

One of the most famous images from the history of spaceflight is the picture taken by the crew of Apollo…

10 years ago

Get Teased by the New “Interstellar” Trailer

Christopher Nolan, the writer and director of Memento, Inception, and the most recent Batman films, is taking up space on…

10 years ago

Watch All Six Apollo Moon Landings at Once

So often, when we think of all the Apollo missions to the Moon, we recall the videos of the astronauts…

11 years ago

Evidence of Internal Moon Water Found

Scientists have detected magmatic water — water that originates from deep within the Moon's interior — on the surface of…

11 years ago

Apollo 15: “Stand by for a Hard Impact”

On this day in history, the crew of Apollo 15 returned home from their mission to the Moon. But the…

11 years ago

Armstrong’s Ohio Accent May Have Masked His Missing “A”

"That's one small step for man... one giant leap for mankind." And with those famous words astronaut Neil A. Armstrong…

11 years ago