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From John Glenn's Friendship 7 to Blue Origin's New Shepard, space capsules and more are set to return to or debut on display with the opening of five reimagined galleries at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. this summer.
A capsule that was sent into space to land on a planet has finally done so, only on the wrong world and 53 years late. The Kosmos 482 uncrewed spacecraft, which the former Soviet Union intended to touch down on Venus in 1972, instead returned to Earth.
They have taken them to space (for real) and advised on their futuristic Mars vehicles. Now the European Space Agency (ESA) is partnering again with Playmobil to explore the moon. The Starter Pack Space Mission is the latest to come from the collaboration.
Astronauts are helping to destigmatize a childhood experience by pointing out the similarities between what some kids wear to bed and what explorers wear into space. Scott Kelly stars in a minute-long film made by Goodnites as part of its "Mission Dry."
A new flight plan has been filed for a NASA winged orbiter and its jumbo jet transport, four decades after the iconic combination departed on its one and only international goodwill tour. The Lego Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft recreates the 747 and Enterprise.
A Belgian sculptor credited with the "Fallen Astronaut" figurine left on the surface of the moon in 1971 has now fallen himself. Artist Paul Van Hoeydonck died on Saturday, May 3, at his home in Antwerp, Belgium. He was 99 years old.
The first U.S. teleoperated rover to reach the moon's surface is rolling out as a Lego model this summer, together with two futuristic vehicles inspired by real-life robotic explorers. The Lunar Outpost Moon Rover Space Vehicle is set for release on Aug. 1.
Having explored the 'third rock from the sun,' John Lithgow is now heading for its moon. The award-winning actor is set to star in the new 11-episode podcast "BUZZ" about the life of one of the first humans to land on the moon.
It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft, when Ed Smylie realized they had to do something about the carbon dioxide. What happened next is now storied space history. Smylie died on April 21, 2025.
During his life, Willy Ley predicted the dawn of the Space Age with remarkable accuracy. How did his remains end up forgotten in a co-op on the Upper West Side?
Seattle's Museum of Flight has brought its collection of space artifacts up to the present day, thanks to a rocket engine that's been donated by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture.
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935-1967) was a United States Air Force officer and the first African-American astronaut, but before soaring to these heights, he navigated the classrooms of Bradley University.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture sent its 10th crew on a quick suborbital ride to space today, extending its list of spacefliers to more than 50. And that list now includes the first Blue Origin spaceflier who preserved a bit of his privacy as he flew.
