To overcome the Earth’s orbital gravity, NASA required a rocket 100 times more powerful than the Mercury boosters that launched the first American astronaut into orbit in 1961. The three-stage Saturn ...

As the dust settled on the moon’s Sea of Tranquility after the landing engine of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module shut down, Commander Neil Armstrong’s steely voice crackled over the radio at Mission ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Five years ago to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, FLORIDA TODAY published an ambitious project called ...

2. Apollo 11’s goal was simply to arrive on the Moon, then return to Earth. When it came to the primary objective of the Apollo 11 mission, NASA kept it simple: "Perform a manned lunar landing and ...

On July 20, 1969, just seven minutes before humanity’s first moon landing, an alarm suddenly sounded aboard the U.S. Apollo 11 lunar module. The module’s computer had been overwhelmed with ...

CAPE CANAVERAL — The cosmos is providing a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing this weekend, and plenty of other events honor Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s giant leap.

Introduction]The beautiful moon floating in the night sky. Have you ever dreamed of visiting that place?More than half a century ago, humanity turned that dream into reality. Its name was "The Apollo ...

This year is the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the first time humans walked on the moon. The iconic imagery and audio from the mission is certainly seared into humankind’s collective ...

Ralph Longfellow, the lead project engineer for the Apollo 11 lunar landing radar, shares his perspective on the historic 1969 mission and the future of space exploration. CORONADO, Calif. (KGTV) — A ...

Margaret Hamilton, who coined the term “software engineering” and led the development of on-board flight software for NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s, died last week at the age of 90. A recipient ...

July 20th is Moon Day, Space Exploration Day and the anniversary of the first Apollo 11 moonwalk. Here’s a look at the Apollo program and the new Artemis program to return to the lunar surface.