The full moons each have a name, a tradition that comes from early cultures using the lunar cycle to track time and seasonal changes. August's full moon is known as the Sturgeon Moon, according to ...

NASA is developing a 40-kilowatt lunar nuclear reactor under its Fission Surface Power program, aiming for deployment by decade’s end to provide reliable energy during the Moon’s two-week nights.

The Apollo 13 mission came nine months after Neil Armstrong had become the first person to walk on the moon when he took "one ...

The astronaut was portrayed by Tom Hanks in Ron Howard's 1995 movie about the expedition, in which Hanks famously said, ...

Tom Hanks is paying heartfelt tribute to astronaut James A. Lovell, the real-life space hero he portrayed in the 1995 film ...

The annual meteor shower is caused by the Earth passing through debris left behind by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. These space ...

As of Saturday, Aug. 9, the moon phase is Full Moon, and it is 100% lit ( NASA's Daily Moon Observation confirms this). This ...

Following the recent passing of the Cleveland-born astronaut he played in the movie "Apollo 13," actor Tom Hanks took to ...

Legendary American astronaut James “Jim” Lovell, commander of NASA’s ill-fated 1970 Apollo 13 mission that turned into a ...

"The University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni community mourns the passing of James Lovell x’50, a pioneering astronaut whose calm leadership helped save the crew of Apollo 13. Lovell died on August 7, ...

An American hero and Milwaukee native has died.Captain James Lovell, noted astronaut and commander of the apollo 13 mission, died Thursday at age 97.Lovell grew up in Milwaukee ...

Lovell, who died Aug. 7 at age 97, is best known for captaining the Apollo 13 mission safely back to earth after a devastating onboard explosion, saving his own life, his crew and perhaps America's ...