Wollongong MP Paul Scully has a special connection to the time capsule in David Jones - his mother was working there at the ...

Mercury capsule completes space race trifecta at Cradle of Aviation. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An early American ...

While the Mercury 7 symbol remains in stable condition and there is nothing that can done about the time capsule, they are monitoring one other component of the 60-year-old installation.

Scully reveals special connection to the David Jones time capsule ...

Witness the first-quarter moon's half-lit face stealing the spotlight on July 5, while Mars cozies up to Regulus in Leo.

The Mercury capsule acted as its nosecone, and the astronaut — or astrochimp — held on for the ride. The first Mercury-Redstone launch attempt, MR-1, took place on Nov. 21, ...

Alan Shepard, wearing his silvery pressure suit, prepares to climb aboard his Mercury capsule Freedom 7 prior to his launch on the first U.S. human spaceflight, 60 years ago on May 5, 1961.

A long-anticipated opening of a time capsule from 1985 finally happened on Tuesday, 40 years after it was sealed.

The second Mercury mission was going according to plan until the Liberty Bell 7 capsule sank in the ocean. NASA exonerated astronaut Gus Grissom, and two researchers now say they know what happened.