The last time a crew of Americans rode a rocket toward the Moon, the country was reeling from assassinations, riots, and a ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon.

Apollo 12's pinpoint landing, resilient teamwork, and decades of enduring data prove how one stormy launch reshaped the science of precision exploration. When Apollo 12 lifted off from Cape Kennedy on ...

Agency officials are eyeing a February 5 launch for the mission that will send four astronauts around the Moon, but can they actually stick to this aggressive timeline? Reading time 3 minutes The ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- NASA is celebrating its 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing this Saturday, and they're taking a look back at that historic day in 1969. NASA's history office shared some very ...

Click to open image viewer. NASM-9A13960: Apollo 11 lunar landing mission astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins at a preflight press conference on July 5, 1969, Houston, ...

"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 ...

An in-depth look at the launch of Apollo 16 as well as the legacy of the Kennedy Space Center. The episode of Nine30 takes viewers on an in-depth look at the launch of Apollo XVI as well as the legacy ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/We-Have-Liftoff.html Photographer David Burnett ...