Astronaut Edgar Dean Mitchell's experience in space led him to found the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which explores the science behind psychic and spiritual phenomena.

Sonoma’s Rusty Schweickart appears in “Apollo 1,” a new documentary film about the mission, and will participate in a panel ...

Did an Apollo astronaut take the truth about extraterrestrial life to his grave? The widow of Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man to walk on the moon, has come forward with startling claims about what her ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in print on February 8, 2004. Mitchell died in ... and everyone at NASA knew Apollo 17 would be the last — and it was. Despite the years ...

Getting from Earth to space isn’t just about speed—it’s about planning the right trajectory. The Moon, our closest neighbor, ...

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Such major and arbitrary cuts to NASA’s budget would do very little to save money, but they will undercut and decimate one of ...

“Earthrise,” taken by the Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders while in lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, 1968, at a distance of 240,000 miles from Earth.Credit...NASA Supported by By Marc Aronson ...

The "stuck" Boeing Starliner astronauts will return to Earth March 16 after their relief crew arrives, NASA says.