Samantha McClelland, a senior at Forest Hills Northern High School, won the Roger B. Chaffee Scholarship after writing about ...

An 18-karat gold version of the first watch worn on the moon has set a record for the most paid for an astronaut's timepiece.

A Soviet spacecraft is expected to come hurtling back to Earth after being stuck in orbit for more than 50 years. The Kosmos ...

The Department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University is partnering with Canopy Aerospace to test next-generation ...

But outward-facing doors are not a hard rule either. In fact, ever since the Apollo 1 disaster, which saw the capsule burst into flames on the launch pad, killing all onboard, it has been standard ...

And, since it barely left the atmosphere, the capsule's return from Earth doesn't create the heat of a typical re-entry burn that would scorch the exterior. Likewise, since the Apollo 1 ...

It has been common practice for capsules to be openable from both sides since the Apollo 1 accident, in which a capsule caught fire on the launch pad. Indeed, "doors shall be operable by a single ...

It has been common practice for capsules to be openable from both sides since the Apollo 1 accident, in which a capsule caught fire on the launch pad. Indeed, "doors shall be operable by a single crew ...