While you were likely scrambling to buy last-minute Christmas presents, NASA completed a vital rehearsal for its upcoming ...
The last time a crew of Americans rode a rocket toward the Moon, the country was reeling from assassinations, riots, and a ...
On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon.
On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.
A look at NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, its impact in 1968, and how Artemis 2 could shape the future of human spaceflight in 2026 ...
The historic steel platform from which the first astronauts departed Earth to fly around and land on the moon now, itself, only has a limited time left on the planet. Mobile Launch Platform-3 (MLP-3), ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. On the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 ...
ORLANDO, Fla. _ Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were the most important people to NASA on launch day in 1969, but they did have competition. There were thousands ...