Aldrin is still planting flags 56 years after he did so on the moon, only now it is in a commercial asking "Can you text me ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska – This week, NASA aims to fire off rockets into the night sky over Alaska in an attempt to better understand polar auroras – more commonly known as the Northern Lights.

Even if the flags have remained standing when crews rocketed off the moon, it is almost certain that they are not in the same condition as when they were first deployed on the lunar surface.

NASA - Saturn V Apollo Shake Test To shake the 25-story rocket, workers at the base of the Saturn V rocket would push at the bottom of the craft with their feet. At the same time, engineers ...

It has been 54 years since NASA landed astronauts on the Moon for the third time. On February 5, 1971, astronauts Alan ...

Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong is captured in an image taken by fellow moonwalker, Buzz Aldrin, following flag planting on the moon in July 1969. | Credit: NASA Apollo 11's flag raising on the ancient ...

NASA recently paid tribute to the Challenger crew and other fallen astronauts during its annual Day of Remembrance.

As the world reflects on the 50 years since Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon, NASA has worked with a team of artisans and craftspeople to painstakingly restore the Johnson Space Centre ...