Apollo at 50: We Choose to Go to the Moon
To counter the effects of weightlessness, NASA equipped Apollo 11 with an Exer-Genie for isometric exercises
Apollo at 50: We Choose to Go to the Moon
A collection of stories to celebrate the semicentennial of the Apollo 11 mission
Apollo at 50: We Choose to Go to the Moon
From JFK's real motives to the Soviets' secret plot to land on the Moon at the same time, a new behind-the-scenes view of an unlikely triumph 50 years ago
Apollo at 50: We Choose to Go to the Moon
Duplicates of the 3D scanned historic Apollo artifact will also tour Major League ballparks this summer
The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet will gradually raise its orbit to reach the moon, landing after about a month and a half of flight
After more than 15 years exploring the surface of Mars, the Opportunity rover has finally roved its last leg
In need of a new facade, the museum undergoes top-to-bottom change, bringing state-of-the-art technology and 21st century stories into its exhibitions
In a new book on space exploration, Smithsonian curator emeritus Roger D. Launius predicts boots on the Red Planet ground by the 2030s
From pioneers of science fiction to the height of the space race, these are the ideas for lunar flight that never launched
At a 50th-anniversary event for Apollo 8, NASA’s Jim Bridenstine envisioned the moon’s potential for future space exploration
A simple contest of sci-fi strategy, ‘Spacewar!’ ushered in what is now a 140 billion dollar industry
Not glimpsed by humanity until 1959, the surface of the far side of the Moon has never been visited before
Touching down on the surface of the Red Planet is one of the most difficult engineering challenges ever attempted, and InSight is about to give it a go
A new Smithsonian Book unpacks the possible future of missions to the Moon
The probe, which launches Sunday, will attempt to solve enduring mysteries about the sun
What can terrestrial travelers learn from people who have been to space?
A new model of the solar system suggest we have gas giants to thank for our watery world
One of the first digital shooting games reflected a fear of, well, invaders—a fear that still resonates today
A team of scientists and policy experts want to develop space sustainably for future generations
Astrophysicists, vehicle technicians and biologists joined the party to bring cutting-edge research to fictional worlds
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