The Apollo spacecraft, designed by NASA for the iconic Apollo missions, played a pivotal role in one of humanity’s greatest ...

On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 capsule splashed down, and the astronauts were brought to the USS Hornet. "This year, on ...

The Science Museum in London is closing its almost 40-year-old 'Exploring Space' gallery to establish a new 'Space' gallery opening this fall.

The Apollo command module was built to be about 110% of the real thing and could come apart in multiple ways to enable filming both inside and outside the replica spacecraft for the penultimate ...

The space capsule that took the first moonwalkers on their historic adventure is getting ready to take off on another trip — its first tour of the United States in more than 40 years. The Apollo ...

After the Apollo 1 fire, a tragedy that killed three astronauts in 1967, NASA changed its thinking about space capsule design and safety forever.

When the U.S. goes to the moon this time, it’ll do it in an Orion capsule - a vehicle that has benefited from the 50 years that have elapsed since the first moonshot aboard Apollo.

One of the most iconic objects in human history — the spacecraft that took the first men to the moon in 1969 — is going on a road trip.

Apollo 1's Block 1 spacecraft had numerous design flaws and safety issues. A pure oxygen atmosphere inside the capsule created a highly flammable environment. A fire during a test killed ...

This is an unprecedented situation and a big deal,” said Duncan Agnew, a geophysicist at the University of California, San ...

The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Russian capsule that brought Britain's first professional astronaut back to Earth, and the only flown-to-the-moon Apollo command module to be ...