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Apollo 14 lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in 1971 on the first crewed mission to the Moon's highlands.

The moon has come into view for Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft, which is scheduled to land on Earth's nearest neighbor a month or so from now.

NASA's global Deep Space Network ensures that communication with the spacecraft and probes is successful, no matter where ...

Join us on Thursday 30 January 2025 for the next in our Aerosociety Late series, where we will be screening the 1995 classic Apollo 13 The screening will then be followed by a Q ... fighting for ...

Three months before the Apollo 11 mission, the astronaut was asked how he would respond to 'extraterrestrial life on the moon ...

Then there are the actions of SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Last week he sowed doubt by claiming NASA had "stranded" astronauts ...

The success of SpaceX, Blue Origin and other private-sector space firms are throwing up hard questions about the direction of America's 'great national treasure' ...

I got to do some real science in weightlessness! A total of 23 whole astro minutes in freefall. This wasn't a tourist flight ...

The Space Coast set a new record in 2024 with 93 launches from all providers, building off the 72 orbital missions flown in 2023. With SpaceX’s continued pace, more launches from United Launch ...

Video captured what looks like space debris in the sky, which is "left over" from the Starlink-5693 launch vehicle, according ...

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