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 ...

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 ...

Good things come from tearing down walls. Kitchens open up. Germans get to reunite their divided families. And, in the case of the 2026 Chevrolet Corvette, occupants can now adjust their climate ...

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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 Shenzhou 22 mission, originally scheduled to fly next year, launched successfully on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 04:11 UTC from Site 901 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s Inner Mongolia ...

As NASA prepared astronauts for its second mission into space, National Geographic had exclusive behind-the-scenes access for the intense and out-of-this-world training these pioneers underwent.

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 ...

The Orion spacecraft being prepared for the Artemis 2 mission. Exploration programs would get a sharp funding increase in a House spending bill for fiscal year 2026. Credit: NASA/Rad Sinyak The recent ...

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 ...