Why Neil Armstrong Got to Be the First to Step on the Moon
On July 20th, 1969, with "one small step", Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon. But why did he get to go first?
On July 20th, 1969, with "one small step", Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon. But why did he get to go first?
Back in 2002, Buzz Aldrin punched one of those non-believing idiots after being followed and harassed at a hotel in Beverly Hills.
These amazing photos from NASA's vaults show how they built and launched the Apollo 11 spaceship – enjoy these images of an era long gone.
The ISS wasn't always there, and NASA discussed a great many idea before they were finalised. Here are nine of them.
By using the moon exactly like a photographer uses a light meter, NASA keeps its Landsat 8 satellite working properly.
How do you test the stability of a complex machine that is designed to take people into space? Rock it back and forth with your feet, clearly.
You get three-for-one in this striking image of Saturn: its north polar vortex and hexagon along with its expansive rings. It was captured by Cassini's wide-angle camera earlier this year. [NASA]
Nope, this isn't an oil painting: it's the windswept valleys of Northern Africa as photographed by Flight Engineer Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency. Pretty, huh? [NASA]
The search of habitable planets is intensifying; with it come questions about whether we're looking for the exoplanets the right way.
Despite four-and-a-half decades and amazing leaps in technology, to date only 11 people walked on the moon since Armstrong in 1969.
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I'm sure there will be some Xbox-Live-obsessed teenagers who want to send a barrage of insults.
The origin of the signal is baffling scientists.
You need to be doing something more important than downloading all four seasons of Game of Thrones on this fast set of fibre optic cables.
This photo of the birth of a star, newly captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, is so beautiful that it seems unreal, like a picture-perfect matte painting for a science fiction movie. But there's no fiction in here – it's all science.
