It was July 1969, and humankind’s much-anticipated trip to the surface of the moon was days away. The public, and the newspapers, couldn’t get enough of the three “moon men” of Apollo 11: Neil ...
Destination Moon' follows a real-life astronaut mission that ended tragically — and the lessons learned for future Apollo ...
A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal. The ...
"The people that lived and worked here, the room talks to them," Kranz said. Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing on July 20, NASA has restored the Apollo 11 mission control center to its ...
Photo: NASA (outer image)/ University of Cincinnati (inner image) edited by autoevolution) How would you react if called upon to do something no human has done before and make it out alive? Can anyone ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Fifty-six years ago this week, astronaut Neil Armstrong coined one of the most famous lines in American history when he became the first person to walk on the moon. But you ...
On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong announced his historic arrival on the ancient lava plain of Mare Tranquillitatis with the following message to NASA: "Houston, Tranquility Base ...
"Apollo 13" stars Tom Hanks, the late Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon as three NASA astronauts who must navigate safely back to Earth after their spacecraft encounters troubles on the way to the moon. To ...