In its fourth round of grants, the Texas Space Commission awarded $20.7 million in state funds to businesses and nonprofits, including one run by the family of Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz ...

In its fourth round of grants, the Texas Space Commission awarded $20.7 million in state funds to businesses and nonprofits, including one run by the family of Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.

Aldrin, who is 86-years-old, was visiting Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica as part of a tour group that left for the South Pole from Cape Town, South Africa on Nov. 29.

In its fourth round of grants, the Texas Space Commission awarded $20.7 million in state funds to businesses and nonprofits, including one run by the family of Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz ...

Built on a set in a specialist facility in Germany, a mockup of a lunar landscape is helping imaging experts learn how to take better images and video footage on the moon.

The National Air and Space Museum holds approximately 17,000 space artifacts in its collection. More than 3,500 of those stem from the historic Apollo Moon landing effort, with 400 objects related ...

Antarctica could see a doubling of extreme weather events—such as atmospheric rivers—by 2100, with implications for future sea level rise.

While Armstrong and Aldrin touched down on the Moon and safely returned, NASA hasn't escaped tragedy since Apollo 11. The Space Shuttles Columbia and Challenger were lost with all hands at launch ...

Finally on July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off. On the fifth day in space, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin began preparations to land the lunar module Eagle on the moon’s surface.

This is the moment the China-owned Zhongshan Station in Antarctica captured a beautiful timelapse of an extremely intense aurora on June 1. Expedition teams at the station say geomagnetic ...

Diving in Antarctica is not for the faint-hearted. First, you often need to chainsaw through the sea ice, then plunge into the dark frozen water. Divers have special equipment from fleece ...

Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica may be declining faster than the most pessimistic predictions, scientists said after analyzing satellite images of a key part of the continent.