Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts–Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and ...

Space station astronauts repaired a crippled cooling system during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk Tuesday, braving a "mini blizzard" of noxious ammonia as they popped in a new pump.

Forty-five years ago today, Christmas Eve 1968, astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders saw something no human had ever seen before—our planet as it appeared to rise over the ...

Millions tuned in on Dec. 24, 1968, when Commander Frank Borman, Bill Anders and James Lovell took turns reading from the Book of Genesis as the Apollo 8 orbited the moon.

NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins prepares to attach himself to the International Space Station's robotic arm during a Christmas Eve spacewalk on Dec. 24, 2013. (Image credit: NASA TV) ...

Two NASA astronauts took to the outside of the International Space Station for an urgent spacewalk on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

Sure, you might have a nice view from your workplace, but how does it stack up to this? NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio captured this image of fellow astronaut Mike Hopkins on Christmas Eve during ...

Blink-182 frontman Tom DeLonge is to release a children’s book for Christmas. Titled The Lonely Astronaut On Christmas Eve, the book sees DeLonge working with illustrator Mike Henry. Singer and ...

Like countless other children around the world, Jerry Firlan was starstruck on December 24, 1968. It was not because he caught Santa Claus coming down the chimney with a new bike. Instead, space ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two space station astronauts ventured out on a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk Tuesday, hoping to wrap up urgent repairs to a cooling system. It was the second spacewalk in ...