No one has set foot on the moon since America left in 1972. NASA is heading there again, but hasn't explained why the trip ...

Barrington students are leading an effort to rename a New Hampshire mountain peak after astronaut Alan Shepard, a native son.

Alan Clark Willis Jr., 68, passed away February 16, 2026 in Suffolk, Virginia. He was the son of Alan Clark Willis Sr. and Ann Holbrook Willis. Alan was a 1976 graduate and former sports standout of ...

ARLINGTON, Va. – Blair Alan Knapp Jr., 63, of Arlington Va., passed away of pancreatic cancer at home on Jan. 19, 2026, surrounded by loving family, after a happy day visiting with one of his closest ...

In May 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space, a short suborbital mission that proved humans could survive launch, weightlessness, and reentry. Behind the calm headlines was Project ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared a video on his government X page on Tuesday of him working out shirtless with Kid Rock. "I’ve teamed up with @KidRock to deliver two ...

The decision comes as NASA prepares to send four astronauts around the moon in 2026 during a mission known as Artemis 2, which would set the stage for future moon landings. Blue Origin has a $3.6 ...

The company is shifting its focus to developing lunar lander technology for NASA's Artemis missions. Nearly 100 people have flown on the suborbital New Shepard rocket since its first crewed flight in ...

Blue Origin won't be launching any space tourists high above Earth's atmosphere anytime soon. Though Blue Origin said in a press release it has a "multi-year customer backlog" for New Shepard ...

Blue Origin won't be launching any space tourists high above Earth's atmosphere anytime soon. Though Blue Origin said in a press release it has a "multi-year customer backlog" for New Shepard ...

As the Space Race intensified, Alan Shepard and Alexei Leonov pushed human spaceflight into the unknown, testing the limits of technology, physiology, and nerve. Their missions reveal how close early ...

Blue Origin successfully launched its 38th New Shepard flight into space on Thursday. The flight took off from West Texas before landing safely roughly 10 minutes later. "We just completed our 38th ...