Stefan Osdene had some time to kill before meeting a friend on a trip to Ohio. So he stopped in a restaurant for a bowl of ...

After World War II, Operation Paperclip quietly recruited German scientists to work on its most advanced weapons and space programs—including some who had been active in the Third Reich.

As a space lawyer and co-founder of For All Moonkind, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting human heritage in outer space, I know that the Moon could be the proving ground for humanity’s evolution into ...

In 1988, NASA started making MAGs — Maximum Absorbency Garments — for all its astronauts, said Kiona N. Smith, author of Peeing and Pooping in Space. The MAG uses a highly absorbent polymer compound ...

The office was founded in 1989, but was unstaffed from 1993 to 2017, when Trump brought it back in his first term in a ceremony that included astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the ...

It’s been more than six decades since Alan Shepard launched on his famous suborbital flight. What would think of the U.S. space program today?

What qualifies a funny quip as a dad joke? It's not in the deliverer, I can tell you that. In my family, for example, I'm way more likely to be the one telling dad jokes than my husband is. He can't ...

Extreme Advanced and severe damage; work is insecure and at great risk. NASA Buzz Aldrin's first steps on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission (visible in the reflection of Aldrin's helmet visor), ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin endorsed Donald Trump on Wednesday, prompting critics to launch several barbs at the second man to walk on the moon. Some chided Aldrin, 94, for ignoring the potential damage to ...

This endorsement is out of this world. Buzz Aldrin, the legendary astronaut and second human to walk on the moon, is giving former President Donald Trump his official stamp of approval.

Conspiracy theorists who believe the moon landing was faked are temporarily setting their concerns aside after Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, endorsed former President Donald Trump.