First astronaut

Neil Armstrong

It’s amazing what DIY fixes astronauts have carried out to solve embarrassing failures and life-threatening accidents. Here is a rundown of our favourites.

NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, died Thursday in California, NASA's Johnson Space Center announced.

This iconic photograph is still considered one of the most-terrifying space photographs to date. Astronaut Bruce McCandless II became the first human...

It sounded like a ‘hammer hitting an iron bucket’, is what China's first astronaut said to describe a noise he heard while in space.Yang Liwei said he heard a mysterious sound while in orbit during 2003.

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was my schooldays hero. I remember that I had pasted many of his photographs in my notebook, which were published in newspapers and magazines. As a collector of postal stamps, I always searched for stamps portraying this great astronaut, as well as stamps related to Apollo 11 Mission. I also remember

As technology and science advances, materials change, but there is one material that was created long ago and is now in the middle of a very much needed revolution — plastic. Plastic is being taken into the new century keeping the good aspects of itself and leaving the bad behind. It’s an ongoing process, but […]

If your children are learning about space exploration or key personalties from history then these Neil Armstrong Fact Cards will be just what you are looking for. They contain fascinating key facts related to this famous astronaut; all written at a suitable level for KS1 children.

UAE's Hope mission to Mars hopes to inspire a new generation of Emiratis to pursue education in STEM fields to diversify and strengthen its economy.

This article is for students grades K-4.