On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo ...

The Apollo lunar missions worked by using a spacecraft in two parts. The Command and Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM) traveled together from the launch pad at Cape Kennedy to lunar orbit ...

Space Command is responsible for military operations beyond Earth's atmosphere. It's separate from the US Space Force, which is a service branch of the military – like the Army or Navy – responsible ...

Space Command is responsible for military operations beyond Earth's atmosphere, or about 62 miles and higher. Trump re-established Space Command in 2019 during his first term. It was originally ...

All Apollo lunar modules, except for Apollo 10's "Snoopy," either impacted the lunar surface or disintegrated in Earth's atmosphere. Apollo 10's lunar module, "Snoopy," was jettisoned and intended to ...

Few Floridians need convincing about the myriad possibilities of space. The most important developments in travel, exploration and contributions to human quality of life have all launched from this ...

An onboard view of the inflatable module tested aboard the Shijian-19 spacecraft. Credit: CAST BREMEN, Germany — China tested out a small expandable module in orbit during the recent Shijian-19 ...

A new report on the tussle over U.S. Space Command headquarters reveals concerns at the highest levels of the command that a thousand civilian employees would not relocate from Colorado to Alabama if ...