The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there ...
We explore the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar landing in response to Soviet success with Sputnik and cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin ...
Almost forgotten now, the mission circled the Earth for 10 days, performing a series of tests with the lunar lander. What it lacked in glory it made up for in technological contributions. By Kenneth ...
San Diego Air & Space Museum. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Those who planned, ran, and piloted the Apollo Program will be venerated Saturday at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for the ...
In the summer of 1969, NASA succeeded in manning a mission to the Moon. But since the end of the Apollo program in 1972, no one has returned. And when Americans think of the legacy of Apollo, ...
More than 50 years after the Apollo 17 Moon rocks returned to Earth, researchers are still uncovered surprising new details about their composition. Under the new administration, the agency is moving ...
[Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969. Fortunately [Mike] was able to dig up some old documentation which ...