IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This parachute is one of the three ...

SpaceX isn't quite ready to fly NASA astronauts, but it's getting close. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. HAWTHORNE, Calif. — ...

[Apollo 17] THE LAST SPACECRAFT TO RETURN FROM ANOTHER WORLD: CSM America parachutes into the Pacific, triumphantly concluding Apollo (NASA's own copy, used and annotated, for the preparation of its ...

Leading up to the historic 1969 Apollo 11 mission, ABC News built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface. See more of the ...

On Monday, a small capsule launched off its test stand at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, reaching speeds of more than 600 mph in just seconds. The spacecraft was Boeing’s Starliner crew ...

Editor’s Note: This story was updated Nov. 15, 2022 to reflect a new launch window. Fifty years since the last American set foot on the moon, NASA is preparing to return to lunar orbit in the first ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the new children's book "How We Got to the Moon" (Random House Children's Books, 2020), ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the fact that Boeing has done more testing on its Starliner parachutes than the two “development tests” originally cited. Next year when SpaceX’s ...