The late U.S. President John F. Kennedy whose bold challenge in May 1961 that the United States land a man on the Moon before the decade was out really wanted U.S. astronauts to first land on Mars and not the Moon. "Kennedy really wanted to go...
Buzz Aldrin believes that NASA’s approach to the upcoming Mars Mission is wrong. The astronaut feels that there’s a safer and easier way to reach the Red Planet and that the competition between the Space Agency and the private sector is not healthy. Buzz Aldrin...
One of the first men on the moon, former Nasa astronaut Buzz Aldrin, will be telling the greatest tales of his life at a Lancashire book signing. Organised by Kirkham’s own Elaine Silverwood, the event will see the pilot of Apollo 11, the first manned spaceflight...
This year’s United States presidential race has been an … interesting one, and what it means for outer space has been no exception. The candidates have varying views on the importance of space programs and at least one of them wants us to know the...
Efforts were called off today to fully deploy the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from the International Space Station. The wave-off came after several hours of attempts to introduce air into the module. Flight controllers informed NASA astronaut Jeff Williams that BEAM had only expanded a few...