The prime crew for the first manned flight of Project Apollo died in a flash fire inside the three-man spacecraft atop its ...

By 1967, NASA had wrapped up the Mercury and Gemini programs and was preparing for the launch of the first Apollo-series spacecraft.

Find out about the main events that have taken place on this day over the years.

Scientists are using earthquake sensors to track space debris falling to Earth, by detecting sonic booms from re-entering ...

Now, scientists have devised a clever new way to predict where the pieces may land.

Buzz Aldrin, the second man and only one of 12 to ever walk on the moon, turns 96 today. He's just one of four living moonwalkers and the oldest remaining astronaut still making trips around the sun.

On the annual Day of Remembrance, "Apollo 1," a film that highlights a NASA tragedy during the race to the moon, was ...

Richard “Dick” F. Gordon Jr. was born in Seattle on Oct. 5, 1929. He graduated from UW with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1951. By graduation, Gordon had not yet set his sights on being one out ...

Space debris—the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth's orbit—pose a risk to humans when they fall to ...

Falling pieces of metal from the giant structure that toppled next to a ConocoPhillips drilling pad pose a risk to responders ...

Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd, one of India's leading manufacturers of premium biscuits and bakery products, has ...

The sensors used to listen for earthquakes could help protect people from the hazards created by falling spacecraft.