The prime crew for the first manned flight of Project Apollo died in a flash fire inside the three-man spacecraft atop its ...

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Three Apollo I astronauts Rogers Chaffee, Edward White and Gus Grissom die due to a flash fire at a grounded space capsule in Cape Canaveral, [...] ...

Buzz Aldrin, the second man and only one of 12 to ever walk on the moon, turns 96 today. He’s just one of four living ...

Find out about the main events that have taken place on this day over the years.

Richard “Dick” F. Gordon Jr. was born in Seattle on Oct. 5, 1929. He graduated from UW with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1951. By graduation, Gordon had not yet set his sights on being one out ...

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft rolled into position at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B on ...

For decades, parking lots at San Diego’s Balboa Park were packed, with lines of drivers snaking through lanes in search of a ...

When Artemis II launches from Kennedy Space Center, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along ...

San Diego’s new paid parking at Balboa Park has sparked widespread backlash as museum visits dropped and residents complained ...

Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Chanel and Dior rare items were among those stolen ...