On August 23, 1966, NASA’s Lunar Orbiter 1 captured the very first photograph of Earth from the vicinity of the Moon, showing our planet as a delicate crescent rising above the lunar horizon. While ...

On June 2, 1966, NASA's Surveyor 1 landed on the lunar surface to become the first American spacecraft to land on the moon. [ ...

On August 23, 1966, NASA's Lunar Orbiter I sent home the first picture of Earth from the Moon. Taken on the orbiter's 16th lap around the Moon, the black-and-white image shows the crated surface of ...

On 14 April 1964, a NASA Atlas D rocket lifted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, bearing the first Flight Investigation Reentry Environment (FIRE) payload. Project FIRE was intended mainly to gather ...

Fifty-four years ago, NASA launched the Surveyor 2, an uncrewed mission to explore the surface of the Moon. Alas, the spacecraft went into a tumble en route after a failed course-correction burn, and ...

JACKSON, MI - By 1966, the United States was in a Cold War and a hot race with the Soviet Union. The race was for space. NASA was 8 years old, and the group was traveling the world to generate ...

When it comes to decorating their front yard for Halloween, Ken and Julie Kovacin’s visions go far beyond the typical jack-o’-lantern. This year, they went all the way back to the early days of space ...