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The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission is doubly significant for Jeremy Hansen. First of all, it’s because as a young boy, growing up on a farm in southwestern Ontario, he recalls seeing photographs of the moon landing, which inspired him to become an...

This time of year is always a somber one for NASA as the space agency remembers the astronauts who died in three horrific spaceflight disasters. Jan. 27 marks the 50th anniversary of the first major, deadly disaster for the U.S. space program: the Apollo 1...

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon, making history as the first humans set foot on the moon. Here lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin is photographed during extravehicular activity by mission commander Neil Armstrong. NASA “It would have been harder to fake...

The “Earthrise” photo taken by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders. Probably the most iconic image ever taken of Earth, it has been credited with kicking off the environmental movement and shows the two craters recently named by the IAU. NASA/IAU Back in December 1968, Apollo...

Here’s some food for thought. Since the dawn of mankind about 50,000 years ago, it’s estimated that more than 108 billion humans have been born. But out of all those multitudes, only a dozen people have ever set foot on the moon. (So far, anyway.)...