China and the United States are answering this in contrasting ways. Their answers could reveal the value they place on human life. From the Apollo Lunar Module in the 1960s to Nasa’s new Orion ...

In the 21st century race to the moon, there is a question that engineers must ask: what happens when the main engine fails? China and the United States are answering this in contrasting ways. Their ...

Commander Randy Bresnik and three others will attempt to dock with two different lunar landers in Earth orbit, paving the way for a future moon landing.

NASA’s Artemis II mission, which also involves the European Space Agency (ESA), has brought renewed attention to the Moon. This time, the goal is to establish a base at the Moon’s south pole and ...

Discover the Apollo Lunar Module (LM), the spacecraft that transported astronauts to the moon's surface. This video provides an inside look at the module's two main parts: the ascent stage, which ...

THE ghostly, white-clad figure slowly descended the ladder. Having reached the bottom rung, he lowered himself into the bowl-shaped footpad of Eagle, the spindly lunar module of Apollo 11. Then he ...

FOR the first four days of their climactic mission, Astronauts Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins will follow closely the space route taken by Apollo 10 in May. Until the lunar module swoops to within ...

The Apollo 11 lunar landing on July 20, 1969, was far from streamlined. Mission Control’s Steve Bales recounts the tense final descent phase that led to man’s first step. ByJim Clash, Contributor.