Scientists have advocated for a mission to Europa since at least the 1990s. Nasa’s Europa Orbiter was cancelled in 2002, ...

Getting to the moon takes a lot of small steps, like Europe's new LUNA training facility. But it's not there yet. Next step: a moon gravity simulator ...

Most important in that transition was the Apollo 11 mission, the first crewed moon landing, accomplished by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins between July 16 and July 24, 1969.

Why is space so important for Canada? The simple answer is because it has allowed us to achieve important national objectives ...

The brand-new Omega Speedmaster First Omega in Space is based not upon a NASA-approved Moonwatch, but the reference CK 2998 ...

Neil Armstrong is perhaps best known for saying 12 words on July 20, 1969: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap ...

Astronomers from Penn State University trying to figure out the origin of our planet's moon are now claiming that the moon was essentially stolen by the ...

Research suggests the Earth captured the Moon from space, rather than forming the rocky satellite from collision particles ...

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the uncontrolled reentry of part of a Falcon 9 rocket that ...

Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/We-Have-Liftoff.html Photographer David Burnett focused his camera on the many tourists who flocked to Florida in 1969 to watch the ...

The historic touchdown of Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin on the Moon came just after 9pm GMT on July 20, 1969 with the “landing so perfect” that the first steps onto the lunar surface came ...

Alas, the legend that is the Omega Speedmaster was born.