The Apollo astronauts were able to navigate to the moon because they had four sets ... The idea behind the ring laser gyroscope actually dates back to 1913, when a French physicist, Georges ...

Inside the capsule, passengers experienced several minutes of zero gravity, marveling aloud at the moon and the view of Earth before parachuting back to a safe landing in a West Texas valley.

NASA desperately needed to get to the moon before Russia, but they knew it was impossible. So, they turned to one of the world's best filmmakers for help. Because when it came to the moon: if they ...

One theory is that earth microbes could’ve been accidentally transported to the surface of the moon during the Apollo missions, landing in a dormant state, which they have remained in since.

That would be followed by a landing near the lunar south pole by astronauts no earlier than 2027. China is seeking its own astronaut moon landing by 2030. The Associated Press Health and Science ...

The four astronauts assigned to NASA's Artemis 2 mission - which involves a fly-by of the moon in 2026 before a subsequent moon landing mission - had front row seats in the hearing.

EMCORE Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures fiber optic gyro, ring laser gyro, and micro electromechanical system-based inertial sensors and systems in the United ...

or so square. "The Next Giant Leap," a pair of mostly moon-themed fabric quilts, debuted this week at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. "A Tapestry of Collaboration ...

The programme will eventually see the first crewed missions to the Moon since the Apollo landings between 1969 and 1972. Over the three years, six crewed missions landed astronauts on the space rock.

A virtual army of 400,000 people worked to make John F. Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon in 1969 a reality. They flocked to the Apollo program for many reasons. Some relished the ...

Physicists say there is a significant chance it could smash into the moon - our only orbital satellite. And the odds of that happening have doubled since February - now sitting at 1-in-26 ...