After a fairly eventful mission to the Moon's surface, Charles Duke left several items on the Moon, and a message to whoever ...

Join us for an exciting journey through a captivating Moon exhibit at a renowned space museum, celebrating the achievements of the American space program. Explore iconic artifacts like the Gemini VII ...

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Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969.

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AMONG the thousands of groundlings who worked to make Apollo 8 a success, the person most responsible for the flight was a Vienna-born engineer named George Low, who is little known outside the NASA ...

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is planning a massive overhaul of the U.S. military’s command structure, which would downgrade headquarters in Europe, Asia and Africa, according to a new report.