The race to the Moon was filled with triumph and tragedy, from the Apollo 1 disaster to the breathtaking 'Earthrise' captured by Apollo 8. With the powerful Saturn V rocket ready, NASA stood on ...

With the Cold War fueling the space race, NASA faced its greatest test—landing humans on the Moon. The Apollo Program overcame setbacks, perfected lunar orbit, and built the Lunar Module, leading to ...

James Lovell, a member of humanity’s first trip to the moon and commander of NASA’s ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, has died at the age of 97.

Analysis of Apollo 17 lunar soil reveals insights into landslide behavior, enhancing our understanding of lunar geology for ...

Earlier, on Apollo 8, Lovell and his crew were the first humans to leave the Earth’s orbit to orbit the Moon, traveling more than half a million miles, at nearly 25,000 miles per hour.

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 ...

Object Details Author Scott, David Meerman Jurek, Richard Subject Project Apollo (U.S.) Public relations History United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration Public relations Contents A ...

Collins Radio workers began assembling the gear used in the mission in the 1960s by hand. Workers told TV9 that a normal job that would take 20 seconds might take up to 5 minutes on the Apollo ...