Robert Z. Pearlman

For sale: One small sample of the moon brought back to Earth in 1969 by the Apollo 11 astronauts. Condition: Well-traveled and once digested.

Just moments after entering Earth orbit, SpaceX Crew-3 astronaut Kayla Barron released a sparkling sea turtle to float above her head. The "zero-g indicator" showed she and her crew were weightless.

Russian actress Yulia Peresild, producer Klim Shipenko and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov have launched on a 12-day mission to the International Space Station to film a feature-length movie in space.

A lost piece of the moon belonging to Louisiana may have remained missing, if not been discarded or destroyed, had the plaque on which it was mounted not attracted the eye of a Florida gun collector.

A private archivist known for unearthing rare images from the early years of spaceflight is now selling a treasure trove of NASA prints representing some of the most iconic photos taken.

Conservators have spruced up Alan Shepard's spacesuit and Mercury capsule.

Richard Garriott just completed a dive to Challenger Deep, the deepest point on Earth.

A few hours after launching to the International Space Station, the Crew-1 astronauts showed off their fifth crew member — a small plush doll of "The Child" or "Baby Yoda."

Mark Kelly has won a seat in the U.S. Senate, making him only the fourth NASA astronaut to be elected to Congress.

NASA is recognizing one of its "hidden figures" by naming its headquarters in Washington, D.C. after Mary Jackson, the first African American female engineer to work at the space agency.

A stowaway aboard SpaceX's first mission to launch astronauts to the International Space Station may have set a new record — the most sequins to enter Earth orbit.

The last two launch towers to stand at Cape Canaveral since the dawn of the Space Age are no more.

John Young, NASA's longest-serving astronaut, who walked on the moon and flew on the first Gemini and space shuttle missions, has died. He was 87.

John Glenn, one of NASA's first seven astronauts and the first American to orbit the Earth, has died. He was 95.

Amazing views of Earth from space will launch into IMAX theaters in 2015.

Jeff Bezos' yearlong quest has been a success.

The prototype shuttle will go on display at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.

The car-size Curiosity rover is being prepped to fly to the Red Planet.