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In honor of the 56th anniversary of the moon landing, which started Florida’s reputation as a rocket launch hub, here’s more about Earth’s natural satellite.
Of course, it was the Saturn V heavy-lift rocket that took those astronauts through outer space to their destiny 56 years ago.  Many today are confused about how a nation that lacked the kind of ...
Pope Leo XIV celebrated the anniversary of the of the Apollo 11 spaceflight mission, the first crewed moon landing.
Peering at the sunlit skies through a Vatican-owned space telescope and calling the last surviving member of the Apollo 11 ...
This week – in advance of America's 250th anniversary and on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon – Americans ...
MSU remembers legacy of Apollo 13 legend, alumnus Ed Smylie Robert “Ed” Smylie stands next to the command center used during the Apollo missions. Smylie, an MSU alumnus who played a pivotal role in ...
The Apollo Program made history with the first moon landing, but its final years were overshadowed by disaster. When Apollo 13 suffered a catastrophic failure in space, survival became the only ...
There are also designs for Apollo 8, the first mission to send humans around the moon, Apollo 9 and the mid-flight explosion-plagued Apollo 13, as well as concept logos for rockets from when ...
That one Apollo tragedy, along with the program’s many successes and the near tragedy of Apollo 13, should be honored in memory.
Here's everything to know about NASA's 1970 space mission Apollo 13, including its purpose, what went wrong, if the crew survived and more.
NASA Dedicates Building To Women Of Apollo 11 Mission, Including Phylicia Rashad And Debbie Allen’s Mother Poet Vivian Ayers Allen was honored for her literary contributions that helped promote ...
Our award-winning "People of Apollo" project profiled a sampling of those who answered President John F. Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon.