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On Oct. 18, 1963, NASA announced the selection of its third group of astronauts. Chosen from 720 military and civilian applicants, the newest group of 14

Almost 60 years ago, NASA put chronographs built by three top watchmakers through a series of tests to check how they coped with extreme variations of temperature and pressure. Omega’s Speedmaster ‘Moonwatch’ won the contest.

Fiesta is almost here and the Texas Cavaliers are getting ready for their annual river parade.

The Iowa native was lunar module pilot on the Apollo 7 mission in 1968, the first successful crewed flight of NASAs Apollo programme.

Apollo 17 was the last mission to place human on the moon 50 years ago. The rocket lifted off Dec. 7, 1972, and the crew stepped onto the moon Dec. 11.

It's been a half-century since humans last set foot on the Moon. But Apollo 17 served as a fantastic swan song for the ambitious program.

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — On Mississippi State University’s campus stands an...

STARKVILLE • On Mississippi State Universitys campus stands an out-of-this-world tree — a sycamore grown from a seed that ventured further into space than most Mississippians ever will. All the

The fifth crew to land on the Moon took lunar geology to new heights.

Lovells interest in rocketry began in high school.