MISSION MOON: Nearly 50 years have passed since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. Our special Apollo 50 anniversary coverage explores how the country came ...

SEATTLE — As the Space Needle has evolved over the past 60 years since its inception, so have the views from the top of an ever-changing city that's now become one of the tech capitals of the world.

SEATTLE — Fresh off turning 61 years old on April 21, the Space Needle is ditching the orange-ish paint job and going back to an "Astronaut White" roof. The sloped roof is scheduled to be repainted at ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Space Center Houston officials have confirmed the authenticity of the lectern used by President John F. Kennedy to deliver his famous moon speech at Rice University in 1962. The ...

Following water egress training, Project Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter, Mercury-Atlas 7 prime pilot, still dons his Mercury pressure suit and a life vest. On May 24, 1962, astronaut Scott ...

In August of that year, the Soviets sent up their second orbital flight, with Cosmonaut GhermanTitov aboard, while the United States had completed just two suborbital flights. Feeling the pressure, ...

— Canada’s first satellite, Alouette-1, which launched on this date, was a springboard for what is now commonplace collaboration among members of the international space science community. Canada ...

Space Angel was an animated science fiction television series produced in the United States from early 1962 through 1964. It used the same Synchro-Vox lip technique as Clutch Cargo, the first cartoon ...