Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced.

In the early, high-stakes days of the Space Race, reliability was nonexistent and accidents were common. But one of the most ...

Ed Dwight grew up in segregated 1930s Kansas on a farm on the edge of town. An airfield was within walking distance, and, as a boy, he’d often go to marvel at the planes and gawk at the pilots. Most ...

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European Space Agency astronaut John McFall tests his prosthesis fit in simulated microgravity. ESA / DLR, ESA Standard Licence John McFall, a former Paralympian for Great Britain, has just become the ...