It's been more than six decades since Alan Shepard launched on his famous suborbital flight. What would think of the U.S. space program today?

Where will the failed Soviet spacecraft Kosmos 482 land when it crashes back to Earth in the coming week? Most major cities ...

On the morning of May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard crawled into the cramped Mercury capsule, "Freedom 7," at Launch ...

The innermost planet of our solar system, Mercury, is barely wider than the continental United States, and is often seen as a ...

A U.S. spacecraft beamed hundreds of photos of Mercury back to Earth on Tuesday after a close encounter with the planet closest to the sun. The images show scientists never-before-seen landscapes on ...

A Soviet-era spacecraft meant to land on Venus in the 1970s is expected to soon plunge uncontrolled back to Earth.

Naccarato was enraptured. He watched rocket launches on television, along with “Star Trek” and “Battlestar Galactica.” He ...

First Project Mercury space capsule is completed at McDonnell Aircraft Corp. St Louis, Missouri, and was ready to be delivered to National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Wallop's station ...

In between, nothing on the Mercury capsule would allow him to perform the simplest of pilot acts: alter his flight path. Sure, he could turn, pitch, and roll this way and that. He could see where ...

The Mercury capsule, a technological marvel that measured just 12.33 cubic meters, was designed to accommodate a single astronaut. Despite its small size, it had 120 switches, 55 electrical ...

"CBS Mornings" Gayle King and the rest of Blue Origin's historic all-women spaceflight crew blasted off on Monday.