The Ashton Mill in Cumberland produced the material, Beta cloth, that protected Apollo spacesuits and was also used in the capsules.

On July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin landed on the moon as ...

Former NASA boss Jim Bridenstine has warned that the space agency's plan to land astronauts on the Moon risks becoming too ...

Aldrin’s personal collection, including a pen used to replace a broken button on the lander, and Gus the $36 million T-rex ...

Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. Facts July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the ...

The American Revolution started with trailblazers facing steep odds and little margin for error, solving problems by adapting ...

Despite Neil Armstrong's towering accomplishments, he remained a humble man. Armstrong, who is from Wapakoneta, Ohio, always had a passion for aeronautics. The first man on the moon led a long and ...

A historic lunar module simulator in the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale played a role Wednesday in the next phase of space exploration that eventually could take humankind to Mars and beyond.

NASA is already ordering landers, rovers and drones for a sprawling moon base, less than two months after the Artemis II's record-breaking lunar flyaround. The space agency outlined the first phase of ...

This video explores the Apollo Lunar Module, the spacecraft that successfully landed astronauts on the moon. The Lunar Module consisted of two stages: the ascent stage and the descent stage. Both ...

The takeaway: The code that guided Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the lunar surface has been released in digital form for public access. Nearly six decades after the Apollo 11 mission, the original ...