Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon and the pilot of the Lunar Module for the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, recently gave a lengthy interview forThe Fix and suggested there should perhaps be a minimum landing age implemented for future astronauts traveling to...
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin thinks Congress needs to stop inhibiting the space program and the government should quit trying to compete with the private sector. Instead, it should leverage the space program to build bridges with other countries, especially China. “The government is now spending your money...
The Mars Express High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) captured this view of Mars' Tharsis volcanic region on June 29, 2014 during its 13,323rd orbit of the planet. This image uses low-resolution blue, green, and IR color data (with green and IR blended 50-50 to produce...
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...
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...