History is typically shaped by battles, revolutions, and inventions, but some of the most consequential turning points began ...

Introduction: NASA's solar system exploration paradigm : the first fifty years and a look at the next fifty / James L. Green and Kristen J. Erickson -- Part I. Overview. Exploring the Solar System : ...

SpaceX mission manager Andrew Rader discusses his book, “Beyond the Known: How Exploration Created the Modern World and Will Take Us to the Stars.” SpaceX mission manager Andrew Rader says humankind's ...

Astronaut Neil Armstrong transmitted that striking statement back to Earth on July 20, 1969, from the surface of the moon. President John F. Kennedy made the dramatic pledge in 1961 to land a man on ...

Space exploration is constantly fueled by mankind's desire to reach further and learn more about the cosmos. A new book, "The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the ...

Cutting-edge ROVs and ocean-mapping drones helped to find and identify the long-lost wreck of the World War II-era Japanese destroyer Teruzuki, rewriting history in the process. Jesse Orrall ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- When people think about space missions and moon landings, it's usually Cape Canaveral, Fla., and Houston, Texas, that comes to mind. But this Arizona city has also played a ...

On screen, director Christopher Nolan's film "Interstellar" invites audiences on a futuristic journey stretching the fabric of space and time. Behind the scenes though, it was real space history ...

It’s said that history is written by the victors. But at the same time, those victors often end up mythologizing the brave, failed losers that came before them. According to National Geographic ...