On February 6, 1971, 55 years ago today, one of the most memorable episodes in spaceflight history, and one of the most bizarre ‘sporting moments’ took place on the Moon’s dusty surface. Alan Shepard, ...

The company is shifting its focus to developing lunar lander technology for NASA's Artemis missions. Nearly 100 people have flown on the suborbital New Shepard rocket since its first crewed flight in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On February 5, 1971, two Apollo 14 astronauts landed on the moon! Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard and the lunar module pilot ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue Origin won't be launching any space tourists high above Earth's atmosphere anytime soon. Though Blue Origin said in a press ...

Western University's president Alan Shepard says he welcomes changes the Ontario government is making to how the province funds its post-secondary sector. Ontario’s Colleges and Universities Minister ...

Blue Origin is pausing its New Shepard space tourism flights for at least two years from Launch Site One in rural West Texas. The company is shifting its focus to developing a lunar lander for NASA's ...

Fifty-three years ago M0nday, Derry native Alan Shepard walked on the moon while on the Apollo 14 mission on Feb. 5, 1971. Shepard was the commander of the mission that launched on a Saturn V rocket.