NASA had a contingency plan in case Apollo astronauts were stranded near the Moon, but it was far stranger and riskier than you might expect.

SpaceX and Blue Origin hold Human Lander System (HLS) flight service contracts with NASA to ferry astronauts to and from ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – If space flight seems to have lost its luster, jaded Earthlings take note. NASA and its Cleveland contingent are returning to an old haunt with human cargo on board. For the first ...

The Apollo Moon landings are among the most dissected events in history, yet some of their strangest details still hide in the fine print. I have pulled together 10 insane Apollo Moon landing facts ...

NASA's Artemis II rolls from the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. (Photo by Mauricio Paiz/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Updated, Feb. 5, 2026: exact launch times and dates in ...

While the crew of Apollo 9 was still orbiting Earth on this day in 1969, preparations were already underway on the ground for the next critical step in the race to the Moon.