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For $15 you can take tour of the unique artifacts from Apollo 11 mission

A jacket Armstrong wore during the Apollo 11 mission and a moon rock are among the many artifacts

For $15 you can take tour of the unique artifacts from Apollo 11 mission
Updated On : 17 Jul 2019 | 9:58 AM IST

How drawing map of the Moon for Apollo became a national priority

President John F. Kennedy announced that a national goal for the decade was to send a man to the Moon and back safely

How drawing map of the Moon for Apollo became a national priority
Updated On : 16 Jul 2019 | 12:07 PM IST

Less support from women in space exploration? Time to change perception

Women have been historically excluded from the space program

Less support from women in space exploration? Time to change perception
Updated On : 15 Jul 2019 | 8:55 AM IST

Space travel was a dream for artists long before Armstrong stepped on moon

For centuries, the dream of human travel into the cosmos has fired imaginations

Space travel was a dream for artists long before Armstrong stepped on moon
Updated On : 15 Jul 2019 | 8:37 AM IST

Footprints on the Moon: An interview with space archaeologist Alice Gorman

There is a lot of documentation about what's been left on the Moon - but it's amazing how much we don't know

Footprints on the Moon: An interview with space archaeologist Alice Gorman
Updated On : 11 Jul 2019 | 11:53 AM IST

Rockets to satellites: Moon landing innovations that changed life on Earth

As a NASA airborne astronomy ambassador and director of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Manfred Olson Planetarium

Rockets to satellites: Moon landing innovations that changed life on Earth
Updated On : 11 Jul 2019 | 10:46 AM IST

Water purification to breathing masks, 4 innovations Apollo mission gave us

Four surprising technological innovations that came out of the Apollo moon landings

Water purification to breathing masks, 4 innovations Apollo mission gave us
Updated On : 11 Jul 2019 | 10:33 AM IST

Why moon landings footage would have been impossible to fake in 1969

Moon landings footage would have been impossible to fake - a film expert explains why

Why moon landings footage would have been impossible to fake in 1969
Updated On : 11 Jul 2019 | 9:28 AM IST

Reality or studio shoot? Why moon landing conspiracy theories still exist

In the US, opinion polls indicate that between 5-10% of Americans distrust the official version of events

Reality or studio shoot? Why moon landing conspiracy theories still exist
Updated On : 11 Jul 2019 | 9:18 AM IST

50 years on, a rare video of Armstrong's 1st steps on moon to be auctioned

NASA admitted in 2006 that no one could find the original video recordings of the historic moon landing

50 years on, a rare video of Armstrong's 1st steps on moon to be auctioned
Updated On : 01 Jul 2019 | 1:16 PM IST

Nasa plans to send a drone to explore Saturn's largest moon 'Titan'

Using propellers, the drone will fly and land on several spots on the icy moon to study whether it can support microbial life

Nasa plans to send a drone to explore Saturn's largest moon 'Titan'
Updated On : 28 Jun 2019 | 1:51 PM IST
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NASA says you can visit the International Space Station for $50 million

Those flights could be provided by Elon Musk's SpaceX aboard its Dragon or on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program for an estimated $50 million per person.

NASA says you can visit the International Space Station for $50 million
Updated On : 08 Jun 2019 | 10:54 AM IST

Pilot Jerrie Cobb, first woman to pass Nasa's astronaut testing, dies at 88

In 1961, Cobb became the first woman to pass astronaut testing. Altogether, 13 women passed the arduous physical testing and became known as the Mercury 13

Pilot Jerrie Cobb, first woman to pass Nasa's astronaut testing, dies at 88
Updated On : 19 Apr 2019 | 7:43 AM IST

Nasa's all-women spacewalk scrapped due to lack of well-fitting spacesuits

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch were scheduled to conduct the historic spacewalk on March 29 to install powerful lithium-ion batteries for one pair of the station's solar arrays

Nasa's all-women spacewalk scrapped due to lack of well-fitting spacesuits
Updated On : 26 Mar 2019 | 1:28 PM IST

First human to set foot on Mars likely to be a woman, says Nasa chief

Nasa chief said that women are at the forefront of the US space agency's upcoming plans

First human to set foot on Mars likely to be a woman, says Nasa chief
Updated On : 13 Mar 2019 | 3:12 PM IST

SpaceX, NASA set to launch Crew Dragon flight today: All you need to know

If the flight goes smoothly, NASA plans to put two astronauts on board SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule by the end of the year

SpaceX, NASA set to launch Crew Dragon flight today: All you need to know
Updated On : 02 Mar 2019 | 11:50 AM IST

NASA space probe 'phones home' in landmark mission to solar system's edge

The spacecraft will ping back more detailed images and data from Thule in the coming days, NASA said

NASA space probe 'phones home' in landmark mission to solar system's edge
Updated On : 02 Jan 2019 | 9:47 PM IST

Three astronauts return from International Space Station after 197 days

Russian rescue teams in helicopters and all-terrain vehicles rushed to the landing site to extract the astronauts from the capsule charred by a fiery ride through atmosphere

Three astronauts return from International Space Station after 197 days
Updated On : 21 Dec 2018 | 8:02 AM IST