Five new galleries open next month as the popular Washington, D.C. museum marks its 50th anniversary on the National Mall.

Apollo engineers and scientists from Bedford share their reactions to Artemis II and hopes for humanity’s return to the moon.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a test on May 28, adding to a history of Space Coast launch incidents. Past ...

The Apollo 12 lightning strike remains one of the most dramatic moments in spaceflight history. Less than a minute after launch, the spacecraft suffered two lightning strikes that scrambled onboard ...

If you’ve watched a Saturn V launch, you’ve probably seen how a large rocket will often jettison a stage on the way up. There are several reasons for this — there is no reason to haul an empty fuel ...

In mid-November 1969, a trio of NASA astronauts launched to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission and would soon become the second group of humans ever to set foot on the lunar surface. Now, more than ...

The Pentagon is also investigating a photo from the mission showing three bright lights in a triangular formation above the lunar surface. These documents were part of a larger release of government ...

Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, ...

Declassified transcripts from two Apollo missions show astronauts repeatedly describing unexplained lights and objects while orbiting and walking on the moon. The Pentagon on Friday released ...

The Apollo 17 lunar crew once reported seeing unidentified, strange bright sparks in space that looked like “Fourth of July” fireworks, according to UFO files finally released by the Pentagon on ...

During a routine ground test in January 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were sealed inside their Apollo command module when a sudden fire erupted inside the oxygen-filled ...

Yet another major Wall Street firm is poised to expand outside New York City – the latest blow to the Big Apple’s tax coffers thanks to Mayor Zohran Mandani’s war on wealthy residents and businesses, ...