Houston has welcomed thousands of visitors from around the world for the FIFA World Cup. Whether attending games at Houston ...

When the first Apollo mission to carry astronauts to orbit launched on October 11, 1968, everyone at NASA sighed in relief. Apollo 7 rose on a pillar of flame from Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 34 on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Looking through the open hatch of Apollo 13 command module Odyssey, shows the cramped quarters inside. It's on display at the ...

MARY SALADNA LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM, FOLLOWING EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. MARY, JENNIFER AND ERIKA. AS YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE NEWSROOM, THE ENTIRE COUNTRY HELD OUR COLLECTIVE BREATH AS ARTEMIS TWO CAREENED ...

On January 27, 1967, three Apollo astronauts were killed during a routine preflight rehearsal at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 1 fire was the first major deadly disaster in the history of ...

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Soviet cosmonauts and NASA astronauts together in the first international human spaceflight. A 1973 artist’s concept of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, with the ...

The story of Laika, the first dog in space, feels like the beginning of an inspirational biopic. She began as a stray in Moscow and was lovingly given the name Kudryavka(Russian for "little curly one" ...

Space exploration has been marked by tragic disasters, such as the Apollo 1 fire, Soyuz 1 and 11 accidents, and the Space Shuttles Challenger and Columbia tragedies. These events emphasized crucial ...

The USS Hornet sits docked in Seaplane Lagoon in Alameda. San Francisco can be seen in the background. (Michael Gennaro/Courthouse News) ALAMEDA Calif. (CN) — Sitting docked in the cold waters of ...

Every January, a tight-knit clutch of families and friends head for a barren, disused area of Cape Canaveral to reflect and remember. With almost religious reverence, they lay bright splashes of ...

In 1961, as the Space Race between the USA and Soviet Union was really heating up, President John F Kennedy surprised his nation - and the world - by announcing that within the decade, America would ...