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Here are some of the ways the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC), millions of times less powerful than a 2019 smartphone, shaped the world we live in today

One of the tapes captures the images of the first steps on the moon by astronaut Neil Armstrong, along with his famous words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

A Virgin Galactic rocket plane on Friday soared to the edge of space with a test passenger for the first time

NEW YORK: A bag used by U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong to bring the first samples of moon dust back to Earth was sold to...

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA: Apollo astronauts who ventured to the moon are at five times greater risk of dying from heart disease than shuttle astronauts, US researchers said on Thursday, citing the dangers of cosmic radiation beyond the Earth's magnetic field.

PARIS: NASA's Apollo astronauts, the only humans to have travelled beyond Earth's protective magnetosphere, die disproportionately of heart and blood vessel diseases, researchers said Thursday, blaming radiation.

NEW DELHI: One of India's top hospitals unwittingly removed the kidneys of organ-trafficking victims believing they were donating them to relatives, a hospital spokesman said Saturday, after police arrested five over the racket.