On February 26, 1966, NASA reached a pivotal milestone in America’s race to the Moon with the first launch of an Apollo-Saturn IB rocket, known as AS-201, from Cape Kennedy—today’s Cape Canaveral.

The prolific YouTube UFO hunter Streetcap1, spotted in a NASA photo two UFOs making close approach and apparently monitoring the 1966 Gemini XII mission spacecraft. Ongoing speculation in the ...

The jig may be up for an "asteroid" that's expected to get nabbed by Earth's gravity and become a mini moon next month. Instead of a cosmic rock, the newly discovered object appears to be an old ...

This print is of NASA red-numbered image #S-66-62926. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, pilot of the Gemini 12 spacecraft, is seen in a self-photograph during extra-vehicular activity in 1966. James Lovell was ...

In June 1966, NASA sent its 13th crewed mission into space as part of the Gemini 9A mission. The crew was tasked with docking with another vehicle in Earth's orbit. However, NASA may have got more ...

When it comes to decorating their front yard for Halloween, Ken and Julie Kovacin’s visions go far beyond the typical jack-o’-lantern. This year, they went all the way back to the early days of space ...

Back in 1966, a NASA spacecraft carried people far above the Earth's surface, setting a new altitude record and giving us a gorgeous view of the planet below. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers ...

When NASA released this image from their Lunar Orbiter 1 back in 1966, the first photograph ever of the Earth rising above the Moon’s surface, it was low resolution but they still amazed the world.