The Ashton Mill in Cumberland produced the material, Beta cloth, that protected Apollo spacesuits and was also used in the capsules.

Wally Funk became the oldest woman to launch into space in 2021 at the age of 82. She spent a lifetime preparing for the ...

Long Islanders don’t have to travel far to enjoy one of the best summer vacation places in the world, with one of the best ...

Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. Facts July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the ...

As the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum turns 50, an expansive exhibition celebrates how art has coincided with space ...

During the regular school calendar students take field trips to enhance knowledge best engaged outside the classroom, and ...

Pet rocks, bell bottoms, disco, day-glo and movies like “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” defined the 1970s. Another thing that captured the imagination of the nation in ...

Despite Neil Armstrong's towering accomplishments, he remained a humble man. Armstrong, who is from Wapakoneta, Ohio, always had a passion for aeronautics. The first man on the moon led a long and ...

NASA is racing to build a permanent settlement near the lunar south pole. The space agency claims its Moon base will cover “hundreds of square miles,” meaning mobility will be key. Enter Pegasus, one ...

Some were dressed as astronauts; others wore T-shirts reading “Occupy Mars,” a slogan made popular by SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk. On the giant video screens that cover the curved facade of the ...

NASA's Artemis III astronauts plan to carry out rendezvous and docking procedures with commercial moon landers being built by SpaceX and Blue Origin.

The first European to fly on a NASA "Artemis" moon mission is not a German, as previously announced, but surprisingly an Italian. Luca Parmitano has been selected as one of four astronauts for the ...