Canadian astronaut Dave Williams is encouraging kids to "reach for the stars" when it comes to careers in the sciences.

The Apollo missions to the moon would inspire many young people to see their future in the stars — including future Canadian astronauts.

'One of the worst things to happen to Avro was one of the best things to happen to NASA,' historian Erin Gregory said.

On the day JFK promised to put an American on the moon, the U.S. had sent only one astronaut to space, and that was for only 15 minutes.

The spacecraft had a number of technical problems during its final descent to the lunar surface.

A crowdfunding campaign raising money to try to save a piece of space history has gotten an out-of-this-world response.