"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere at a comet-like speed of 170,000 kilometers per hour," NASA ...

In this interview, Professor James J. Collins, founder of the field of Synthetic Biology, discusses his journey to founding ...

The Lunar Module (LM) was a key part of NASA’s Apollo program, responsible for carrying astronauts from lunar orbit to the ...

The month of July 2025 is filled with several enjoyable celestial events. The range of events includes the first meteor ...

That’s Wapakoneta, Ohio for you – a peaceful haven tucked away in the western part of the Buckeye State that feels like it exists in its own delightful bubble of tranquility and wonder.

Celebrate the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with your kids at Space Exploration Day at MOSI. Read about all ...

History is full of drama, romance, thrills, and war, so it's only natural that movies about history would be varied, too.

Apollo 13, Ron Howard's docudrama about a disastrous mission to the moon, turns 30 this month. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and ...

With advancement of space tech, photographs clicked from space over the years illuminate distant worlds in stunning detail.

Shubhanshu Shukla is set to become the second Indian to travel into space after Rakesh Sharma’s 1984 mission. As the crew boards the Dragon spacecraft and completes all communications and suit checks, ...

It’s only the size of a suitcase, 8 by 19 by 11.7 inches—perfect for the overhead storage bin on a passenger aircraft. It’s even shaped like luggage, with a hinged lid and a side-mounted handle. But ...

After Apollo 13’s near-disaster and aborted Moon landing, Apollo 14 (1971) saw America’s first astronaut, Alan Shepard, as the commander with Ed Mitchell as lunar module pilot.