Purdue has played a pivotal role in shaping the future of space exploration. Take a journey through the university’s history, tracing the milestone events along a timeline that resulted in Purdue ...

Nasa has named the four astronauts who will blast off as part of the Artemis III mission in 2027 - the next step for humans to return to the Moon The astronauts are Andre Douglas, mission specialist, ...

There was no way Kevin Andel was going to miss this retirement party. Andel, 58, of Round Lake Beach, made the long drive to Triton College’s Cernan Earth and Space Center to say goodbye to an old ...

It’s not every day that a spacesuit gets a retirement party, but that’s what’s happening May 17 at the Cernan Earth and Space Center at Triton College from 2 to 4 p.m. May 17 at the college, 2000 ...

Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. A Washington, D.C. native, Steve was previously an editorial producer for the Washington Post, and has also worked in Los Angeles, ...

Gemini 9, Apollo 10, and Apollo 17 Lunar Surface-Flown $2 Dollar Bill - From the Personal Collection of Gene Cernan - PMG CF 15 BOSTON, April 24, 2026 — A U.S. Series 1953 $2 bill carried by Apollo ...

The treatment, the first of its kind, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. “Our baby was born deaf, and now he can hear,” said one parent. By Gina Kolata The Food and Drug ...

As a reporter covering NASA during the early 1980s, I quickly grew accustomed to close encounters with real-life space legends. All part of the job. But a chance sighting at the Kennedy Space Center ...

The Artemis II mission marked NASA's first crewed voyage to the moon since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. The four-person crew broke the Apollo 13 record for the farthest distance any human has ...

The Artemis II crew are the first people to enter the moon's gravitational influence since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. Apollo 17 astronaut Ron Evans, a Kansas native, was part of that last manned ...

More than 50 years later, the final Apollo mission marks the last human steps on the moon. More than 50 years later, the final Apollo mission marks the last human steps on the moon. More than 50 years ...

I was strolling on the moon one day. After decades of waiting, we're going back to the moon. I'm Eric Jones, and this is the Archive Explained. NASA's Artemis mission has already sent *** manned ...