On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Apollo 16, the fifth manned lunar ...

Join us for an exciting journey through a captivating Moon exhibit at a renowned space museum, celebrating the achievements ...

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Step inside a fascinating space exploration museum and join us on an immersive journey through the history of moon missions.

The Apollo 1 Command Module after the fire that claimed the lives of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Credit: NASA. NASA s Apollo program began with one of the worst disasters the ...

“We selected these as being representative of the flight, the nation’s hope,” said Armstrong. During a press conference on July 5 at the MSC auditorium, the Apollo 11 astronauts disclosed the names ...

Ken Mattingly, an astronaut who is best remembered for his efforts on the ground that helped bring the damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft safely back to Earth, has died aged 87, NASA announced. Astronaut ...

An astronaut who visited the moon in 1972 as part of the Apollo 16 crew and helped design the Apollo spacesuits has died at the age of 87. But he's probably best known for Apollo 13 - the mission he ...

New Netflix documentary reveals minute-by-minute how astronauts' dreams of landing on the moon quickly gave way to a desperate fight for survival WHEN Marilyn Lovell’s astronaut husband, Jim, blasted ...