"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...

Villagomez was gifted the ball by Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut to fly into space, fifth human to walk on the ...

Apollo 14 astronaut Al Shepard became the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon. Though he was there doing scientific ...

George R. Carruthers, an astrophysicist and engineer was the principal designer of a telescope that went to the moon as part of NASA’s Apollo 16 mission in 1972 in an effort to examine the earth’s ...

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The next Sputnik Moment will take place against the backdrop of great power competition, as it did in the 1950s. This time, ...

Wearing the wrong shoe on Earth can lead to injury. Researchers still need to figure out the physical consequences of ...

Bra manufacturer Playtex was called on to stitch together the space suits worn by Apollo astronauts after beating defense contractors to the job ...

For the Artemis program astronauts, walking on the Moon will require new ways of thinking, the latest technology, and innovative approaches to improve boot and spacesuit design. The Apollo program’s ...

Whistleblower Rayburn Alex Thompson alleged that Apollo and affiliated defendants submitted false claims to government health-care programs for tests performed on blood and toxicology specimens. It ...

Another worry is the presence of micrometeoroids, which could possibly smash into the space suit and puncture it. The risk is illustrated by craters and holes seen sometimes on the ISS exterior ...