Although NASA’s Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne served very different objectives, a closer look reveals that both missions ...

As the Soviet Union put the first man in space in April of 1961, the Americans were already preparing a similar mission.

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Scott Carpenter, one of two remaining astronauts from NASA’s Mercury program and the second American to orbit the earth, died Wednesday at the age of 88. His family did not specify a cause of death, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- After a half-century of waiting, Wally Funk -- who trained for NASA's Mercury program but was denied the opportunity to go to space -- is finally getting her time amongst the ...

Andy Saunders amazing digital restoration of NASA images, from the first walk on the moon to fascinating discoveries. The post The first ever selfie taken in space! NASA’s historic early images as ...

Astronaut Gene Cernan risked his life during his first flight to space in 1966. A new book sheds light on NASA's Gemini ...