The first full moon of 2026 — the wolf supermoon — rose after sunset on Saturday, Jan. 3, lighting up the night sky across ...

Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA’s third Moon landing. Then an oxygen tank exploded, power began collapsing, and the mission became a countdown to survival. Most people remember the famous line, the ...

Historically, New Year’s Day was the focal point of celebration rather than New Year’s Eve. According to Alexis McCrossen, a history professor at Southern Methodist University, it wasn't until the ...

While you were likely scrambling to buy last-minute Christmas presents, NASA completed a vital rehearsal for its upcoming ...

In a celebration of the region’s unmatched legacy in human spaceflight and aerospace innovation, Brevard County leaders have officially designated March 21 as Space Coast Day.

Although some TV announcers in the 1960s began counting down to the new year, it wasn’t until 1979 that the crowd at Times ...

Andrea Darlas joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about the upcoming WGN-TV New Year’s Eve special ‘Coast to Coast Countdown ...

The four astronauts preparing to fly around the Moon on Artemis II have now practiced their biggest moment short of launch ...

On the first mission around the moon, the crew of Apollo 8 delivered a Christmas Eve message back to Earth on December 24, 1968.

NASA’s launch and mission teams, along with the Artemis II crew, completed a key test Dec. 20, a countdown demonstration test, ahead of the Artemis II flight around the Moon early next year.

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.

Such "countdown demonstration tests" have traditionally taken place shortly before launch with the rocket and crew ship ...