Apollo 1 was supposed to be another step toward the Moon, but a cabin fire killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee during a ground test. The tragedy forced NASA to halt the crewed ...

On January 27, 1967, NASA Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a cabin fire broke out during a launch rehearsal at Cape Kennedy — marking one of ...

NASA is moving fast on its plans to build a moon base and return astronauts to the lunar surface in as little as two years.

Neil Armstrong's inflight coverall jacket is up for sale in an Oct. 17 online charity auction, and a sale estimate ranges ...

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On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite, and ushered in the Space Age. The era would accelerate scientific and technological development in the ...

Margaret Hamilton, who coined the term “software engineering” and led the development of on-board flight software for NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s, died last week at the age of 90. A recipient ...

Margaret Hamilton, the computing pioneer whose software put the first NASA astronauts on the moon, has died at age 90. Hamilton's death — of unspecified causes, on Sept. 30 — was announced Wednesday ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts pulled up at the International Space Station on Thursday after launching on an eight-hour express that set a U.S. speed record. The fresh arrivals include a ...