In the pursuit of space exploration, humans have broken records that were previously thought impossible. At the same time, terrible accidents have marred the history of space flight, making later ...

HUTCHINSON — Stare into the open hatch of Odyssey, the scarred Apollo 13 command module in which three American astronauts made their improbable return to Earth from a seemingly jinxed lunar mission, ...

On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 returned to Earth after narrowly avoiding a deadly disaster in space. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] This was supposed to be the third mission to land ...

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ALAMEDA, Calif. (KGO) -- A historic Bay Area aircraft carrier that once helped bring astronauts home from the moon is now serving as a real-life reminder of how far space travel has come. At the USS ...

Inside mission control during the dramatic rescue of Apollo 13. On April 17, 1970, the command module for the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean near the Samoan Islands with ...

MARY SALADNA LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, FOLLOWING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. MARY, JENNIFER AND ERIKA. AS YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE NEWSROOM, THE ENTIRE COUNTRY HELD OUR COLLECTIVE BREATH AS ARTEMIS TWO CAREENED ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What time is splashdown for Artemis II? After an iconic 10-day mission that took the crew of four astronauts around the moon for ...

The Lockheed Martin Orion is the latest arrival of a human-rated spacecraft slated to take humans beyond the bounds of Low Earth Orbit and close to the surface of another heavenly body. But for all ...

Excess charring on Artemis I's heat shield had NASA racing to understand what went wrong—and to ensure the technology was still safe for the current crew's high-speed reentry. The uncrewed Artemis I ...