GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Jan. 27 is a dark day in the world of space exploration. It’s the anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire that killed three NASA astronauts, including Grand Rapids native Roger B ...

While that's true, it's irrelevant to my point. A launch vehicle that rarely flies, takes over a year to prepare (not manufacture, prepare) and costs $2B per flight is unsustainable and borderline ...

Hundreds of NASA employees and contractors are working the three-day holiday weekend in an effort to attempt something that hasn’t happened since December 1972: sending astronauts to the moon. The ...

[Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969. Fortunately [Mike] was able to dig up some old documentation which ...

HOUSTON — I always get nostalgic when I come to Houston, the “Space City,” as I did for Saturday’s Texas Bowl between LSU and the Houston Cougars. I loved space long before I loved sports. Before I ...

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If you asked the modern Chrysler group to design a reusable spacecraft these days, what do you think they'd come up with? Would they strap solid rocket boosters to the back of a Durango Hellcat, ...

The most common armor is the Whipple Shield, which was developed by astronomer Fred Whipple in the 1940s. Used on the Apollo Command Module and Lunar Module, the Whipple Shield consists of layers of ...

FORT HOOD, Texas – With a heart full of gratitude and a legacy of profound transformation, Command Sergeant Major Osmil C. Sazon passed the mantle of responsibility for the 9th Hospital Center during ...

This video chronicles the journey to the moon, focusing on the Apollo 11 mission, which remains the only human expedition beyond low Earth orbit. It details the separation of the Lunar Module (LM) ...

I pity the people who couldn't admire James Arthur Lovell Jr.'s life while he was still alive. In a world where I feel like people of importance who aren't athletes or brain-dead celebrities are ...