If you’ve watched a Saturn V launch, you’ve probably seen how a large rocket will often jettison a stage on the way up. There are several reasons for this — there is no reason to haul an empty fuel ...

Experts studied the Uniondale museum's lunar module simulator that once trained Apollo astronauts who went to the moon.

During a routine ground test in January 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were sealed inside their Apollo command module when a sudden fire erupted inside the oxygen-filled ...

JACKSON, MI - They were days when children looked up at the sky and dreamed of going to the moon. They were days when the ...

In mid-November 1969, a trio of NASA astronauts launched to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission and would soon become the second group of humans ever to set foot on the lunar surface. Now, more than ...

Declassified transcripts from two Apollo missions show astronauts repeatedly describing unexplained lights and objects while orbiting and walking on the moon. The Pentagon on Friday released ...

The Pentagon is also investigating a photo from the mission showing three bright lights in a triangular formation above the lunar surface. These documents were part of a larger release of government ...

The Pentagon is also investigating a photo from the mission showing three bright lights in a triangular formation above the lunar surface. These documents were part of a larger release of government ...

Three American museums rank among the world's greatest: the Met in New York, Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the ...

The Apollo 17 lunar crew once reported seeing unidentified, strange bright sparks in space that looked like “Fourth of July” fireworks, according to UFO files finally released by the Pentagon on ...

Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, ...

A newly released Pentagon file has drawn fresh attention to Apollo 17 after US defence officials published a NASA photograph taken on the Moon's surface, showing three unexplained lights above the ...