Space Exploration

The out-of-this-world history of humans in space

MOMENTS THAT MATTERED

20 July, 1969 - The Moon Landing

One small step for Man, one giant leap for Mankind

SURPRISING FACTS

10 Out-Of-This-World Facts About the International Space Station

From its effect on time to space toilets

HISTORIC IMAGES

9 Out-of-This-World Photos From Space

The final frontier on film

The International Space Station in Street View

An out-of-this world experience of life in space

EXPLORE in 360˚

Astronauts and Cosmonauts

The people who've boldly gone where no one's been before

The first conquerors of open space

Museum of Cosmonautics

Feminine face of space

Museum of Cosmonautics

The Voskhod Three

Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics

Historical Figure

Alan Shepard

Historical Figure

Yuri Gagarin

HISTORICAL FIGURE

Peggy Annette Whitson

Historical Figure

John Glenn

Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. on the moon

Neil A. Armstrong

Edward H. White performs the United State's first space walk

James A. McDivitt

Apollo 11 Moonwalk

US astronaut Bruce McCandless conducting 1st untethered space walk

Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov in outer space

Apollo 11 astronuat Neil Armstrong in space capsule after his historic walk on moon

Alan B. Shepard, Jr. plants American flag on the moon

Edgar D. Mitchell

Neil Armstrong's boot and foot print on the moon after the first step on the lunar surface

Neil A. Armstrong

Apollo Xi Launch

The International Space Station

Astronaut Piers J. Sellers working on the International Space Station (ISS)

Earthrise, the planet Earth seen rising above the surface of the moon

William A. Anders

Apollo Xi Splashdown

Barbara R. Morgan

Lunar module, Antares

Alan B. Shepard, Jr.

Bird's Eye View of Pathfinder Landing Site

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Color picture of Mars