The military and NASA had developed urine collection devices (UCDs) for high-altitude pilots, but no one thought to install ...

On April 12, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space and the first one to orbit the Earth. Weeks later ...

News from around the Southland includes items from Palos Heights, Beverly, Oak Lawn, Chicago Heights, Blue Island, Mokena and ...

Kent-based Blue Origin has successfully completed its 12th human spaceflight and the 32nd flight for the company’s New ...

The first lunar golf shot that went for "miles and miles and miles" occurred on Feb. 6, 1971. Carlos Villagomez owns a golf ball that he believes was flown to the moon. If indeed it was, he may ...

When the next class of astronauts sets foot on the lunar surface, they’ll see objects left behind by their predecessors along ...

“The Barber, The Astronaut, and The Golf Ball” tells the story of Houston barber Carlos Villagomez and his friendship with astronaut Alan Shepard. The book details the story of that third ball ...

Named after astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space, the New Shepard is composed of both a rocket and a crew capsule and is designed to be fully reusable. The New Shepard's crew ...

Six more people are preparing to fly on a Blue Origin rocket to the edge of space, and spectators in Texas may be able to see ...

Yeah. The US space program reached *** monumental milestone on May 5, 1961 when NASA sent the first American into space. Alan Shepherd was the only astronaut aboard the freedom seven space capsule ...

Carlos Villagomez was gifted this golf ball by Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard soon after the moonwalker returned from the moon in 1971. Did this Maxfli ball reveal Shepard's secret?.

Alan Shepard Jr., a Navy Commander and one of NASA's first seven astronauts, became the first American to travel into space on May 5, 1961.Watch the video above to learn more.Shepard was launched ...