Ken Mattingly orbited the moon in the command module, nicknamed “ Casper.” Duke said he does not begrudge NASA for ending the Apollo program to focus on space shuttles, the international space station and other missions in more remote parts of space.... Those options, he said, “ make space available for more people and more science and engineering and unmanned stuff.” “ That compliment is going to be really important in the future, ” Duke went on.... “ As long as the Lord is willing and gives

--Charlie Duke is part of a tiny fraternity that’s getting even smaller: People who walked on the moon. Duke, 86, visited his Apollo 16 spaceship on Wednesday at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center to mark the 50th anniversary of his one and only trip to the lunar surface.... His face lit up during an interview recalling his initial thoughts upon stepping off the lunar lander on to the dusty surface.“ I mean, ‘I’m on the moon!... Desolate, but yet it had beauty about it," he said....

So it’s a bit strange, actually, that Europe doesn’t have this capability.“ My question is what’s wrong with Europe?... And these are the questions I’ll be asking politicians.” Mr Aschbacher said a human space programme could reunite Europe at a time when it was “ drifting apart ”.... “ Young people, some of them see no future, ” he said....

In this photo provided by NASA, shows astronaut Tom Marshburn replaces a broken antenna outside the

Two astronauts from the United Arab Emirates will train with them. One of the pilots — Air Force

Buzz Aldrin, and other moonwalkers.... Most of the moon plants ended up stunted. Advertisement

NASA later determined the astronauts were safe to go out, despite a slightly increased risk of a

A NASA astronaut who experienced a" medical issue" following the successful Space X Crew-8 mission

MOSCOW— Russian officials on Tuesday rejected accusations that they endangered astronauts aboard

--Four space station astronauts returned to Earth late Saturday after a quick SpaceX flight home