The first crew to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.

A NASA telescope has detected its clearest signal yet of a potential Saturn-sized gas giant orbiting around a distant star complex. The system, known as Alpha Centauri, is more than four light-years ...

Jim Lovell, the astronaut who commanded the Apollo 13 mission, has left an indelible mark on human spaceflight history. Lovell's leadership and ingenuity played ...

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do ...

Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.

Lovell commanded the Apollo 13 mission that almost ended in disaster after an explosion that threatened the crew's oxygen and ...

Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for ...

Tom Hanks is remembering late astronaut Jim Lovell, whom he portrayed in the Oscar-winning film “Apollo 13,” as among the ...

Tom Hanks paid tribute to Jim Lovell, the astronaut he portrayed in 'Apollo 13,' following news of Lovell’s death Friday at ...

"There are people who dare, who dream, and who lead others to places we would not go on our own,” actor Tom Hanks said of ...

The naval aviator turned astronaut led the mission, guiding it safely back to Earth after it went perilously wrong.

Trump is back in the White House and believes NASA should be focused on the national and economic security of America.