Thousands celebrated the ‘Moonversary’ with fireworks and music as a giant screen showed footage of the era-defining moment.
21 Jul 2019 1:37 PM
It was launched on July 16, 1969, that made Neil Armstrong the first man to walk on the surface of the moon on July 20.
20 Jul 2019 12:51 PM
The July 20 blast off comes on the same date that NASA's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon in 1969.
20 Jul 2019 12:09 PM
Finley's story, like many of the other "computers," is one that speaks to the many challenges faced by women of the time.
17 Jul 2019 6:33 PM
Astronauts will be able to control the rover’s single robotic arm from an orbital lunar outpost called Gateway.
17 Jul 2019 2:05 PM
As per US space agency NASA, the lunar eclipse will be at its peak at precisely 10.31pm BST on July 16 (3:01 am IST on July 17).
15 Jul 2019 3:39 PM
It was July 20, 1969, and as the world followed the spacecraft's progress, it briefly lost radio contact with mission control in Houston.
14 Jul 2019 10:03 AM
Some experts are calling to grant them heritage status to protect them from future tourists and human activity.
11 Jul 2019 3:02 PM
Engineers intend for launch abort thrusters to be rarely needed, as they would be used only during a rocket failure in flight.
03 Jul 2019 7:38 AM
June 30 is observed as the International Asteroid Day in order to raise public awareness about the possible hazardous impacts of asteroids.
30 Jun 2019 12:41 PM
It is the only celestial body besides our planet known to have liquid rivers, lakes and seas on its surface.
29 Jun 2019 3:34 PM
The tapes are expected to sell for as much as USD 2 million when they hit the New York auction block on July 20, Freer said.
28 Jun 2019 9:04 PM
16 Psyche is a giant metal asteroid that comprises of iron and nickel and was first discovered on March 17, 1852.
28 Jun 2019 11:08 AM
Arriving at 0247 GMT to warm conditions, Kononenko joked that he was ‘happy to see any kind of weather’ after coming back from space.
25 Jun 2019 3:24 PM
The hackers also gained access to several major missions, including NASA's Deep Space Network.
21 Jun 2019 10:03 AM
The Asian mountain range, which includes Mount Everest, has been losing ice at a rate of about 1 per cent a year since 2000.
20 Jun 2019 5:44 PM
The system uses data from NASA and European Space Agency satellites that monitor water resources around the world.
15 Jun 2019 4:28 PM
Trump's comment came ahead of NASA's 2024 moon mission which will carry humans around the moon for the first time after five decades.
08 Jun 2019 5:32 PM
The shift reverses a long-standing prohibition against tourists and private interests at the orbiting research lab.
08 Jun 2019 10:44 AM
'They should be focused on the much bigger things we are doing, including Mars (of which the Moon is a part), Defence and Science!'
08 Jun 2019 10:16 AM