A famous picture in the English edition of Newton's "Principia" shows cannon balls being fired from the top of a mountain. If they go fast enough, their trajectory curves downward no more steeply than the Earth curves away ...
Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2013
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NASA's footage of the first moon landing promised a future of sci-fi heroism that never came to pass, according to a new study.
Space Exploration
Oct 4, 2013
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ESA astronaut Jean-François Clervoy and ESA astronaut instructor Hervé Stevenin slipped into the roles of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin last week for an underwater simulation of the historic mission to the Moon.
Space Exploration
Sep 12, 2013
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A pint-sized android has uttered the first robotic words in space, showcasing Japan's drive to combine cutting-edge technology with cuteness.
Robotics
Sep 5, 2013
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Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield announced Monday his retirement after a five-month mission to space that captivated the world with his Twitter microblog.
Space Exploration
Jun 10, 2013
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Neil Armstrong's name is attached to a lunar crater, an asteroid, more than a dozen schools and a museum.
Space Exploration
Jun 8, 2013
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When Neil Armstrong took his first step on the Moon, he claimed he said, "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" – but many listeners think he left out the "a." A team of speech scientists and psychologists ...
Space Exploration
May 31, 2013
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While astronaut Buzz Aldrin enjoys movies about space, he doesn't always think they get it right.
Space Exploration
May 30, 2013
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(Phys.org) —When Apollo 11 returned from its historic flight in 1969, the moon rocks and lunar soil collected by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin eventually found their way to some 150 laboratories worldwide. One of those ...
Space Exploration
May 9, 2013
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Efraim "Efi" Arazi, a pioneer of Israel's powerful high-tech industry who helped develop technology that allowed for a video recording of the first moon landing, has died. He was 76.
Other
Apr 15, 2013
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