It was the opening scene of "Apollo 13" and was recreated for the Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man." It was also included in ...
The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...
NASA’s Apollo Program was built on ambition, but it nearly collapsed after a deadly disaster. From the Apollo 1 tragedy to the moon landing and Apollo 13’s near-failure, this is the real story ...
Apollo 9 astronaut and longtime Sonoma resident Rusty Schweickart spoke to a sold-out crowd after the Sonoma International Film Festival’s screening of the new documentary, “Apollo 1” on Saturday, ...
Sixty years ago, a NASA astronaut’s antics on a spaceflight into low-Earth orbit sparked a national controversy in the U.S.
Only in hindsight did NASA realize that the fire had been a tragedy waiting to happen. After Apollo 1, the space program continued with a renewed purpose and diligence. Frank Borman, the ...
Narrator: From 1962 to 1970, NASA commissioned Grumman Aircraft to build 15 space-worthy lunar modules for its Apollo program. Each one was was labeled Lunar Modules 1 through 15 and cost around $ ...
After three weeks aboard Salyut 1 the Soyuz 11 crew returned to ... Alongside the lunar program, NASA had planned the Apollo Applications Programme (AAP) to take advantage of hardware and ...
In 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut and moon walker Charlie Duke left a family photo on the lunar surface. Today that photo is long gone. But Duke’s visage is heading back to the moon this week, in a ...