Moon

A technical hiccup prevented NASA's giant moon rocket, the Space Launch System, from leaving the launch pad on Monday. So NASA will try again on Saturday in hopes that their engineers have solved the problem. Here's what you need to know…

Before NASA can send astronauts back to the moon, it needs a successful test flight of the Space Launch System, a giant rocket built for the agency with lunar missions in mind. On Monday, we'll get to see the first attempt at launching this…

"We are going."That is the catch phrase that NASA is using in the lead-up to the debut flight of its new moon rocket, which could launch as early as Monday at 8:33 am Eastern time. It is a phrase repeated by agency officials, added as a…

Dave Scott wollte nicht an einem interessanten Felsen vorbeikommen, ohne anzuhalten. Es war der 31. Juli 1971, und er und Jim Irwin, sein Apollo-15-Astronautenkollege, waren die ersten Menschen, die den Mond betraten. Nach einem…

The moon also revolves around the Earth about once a month, and that orbit is a little bit tilted. To be more precise, the moon’s orbital plane around the Earth is at an approximate five-degree incline to the Earth’s orbital plane around…

Australians were among those lucky enough to see it on Wednesday evening, a rare astronomical event marked by a dazzling array of sunset colors like red and burnt orange: a “super blood moon.”The striking display was the result of two…

Night owls in California and other points out west are in for a treat on May 26 as the moon enters Earth’s shadow and turns a blood red color during a total lunar eclipse, the first in more than two years visible from the United States.And…

China's April launch of the main module for its newest orbiting space station attracted more international attention than expected for all the wrong reasons. After reaching orbit, the main rocket booster crashed threateningly back to Earth…

SpaceX founder Elon Musk shows the audience after he was recognized by US President Donald Trump in NASA's vehicle assembly building after successfully launching a Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft from Pad 39A at the Kennedy…

Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft Columbia in 60 miles above the moon orbit while crewmembers Neil Armstrong and Col. Buzz Aldrin were the first men to walk on the lunar surface, died Wednesday at a hospice facility in…