Apollo

Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, Dies at 82

Former NASA astronaut Neil A. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930 Today we mourn the loss…

12 years ago

Chasing Gene Cernan’s Childhood — and Apollo Years

A wonderful travel moment of serendipity: While sitting near a convention centre in Chicago, I punched in nearby points of…

12 years ago

Shrimp with a Side of Space History: Visiting Lovell’s of Lake Forest

It's safe to say the Apollo 13 mission has defined my space reporting life. Watching the movie in 1996 as…

12 years ago

Neil Armstrong Recovering from Heart Surgery

Iconic Apollo astronaut and Moon walker Neil Armstrong is recovering from heart surgery, but is doing well. Reports say that…

12 years ago

3 Days to Red Planet Touchdown – Watch the Harrowing Video of Car-Sized Curiosity Careening to Crater Floor

http://youtu.be/P4boyXQuUIw Video Caption: This 11-minute animation depicts key events of how NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission will land the huge…

12 years ago

Flags Still Standing at Several Apollo Landing Sites on the Moon

Caption: LROC image showing the illuminated side of the still standing American flag to be captured at the Apollo 17…

12 years ago

The First Photo From The Moon

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” After speaking these historic words at 10:56 EDT…

12 years ago

The Journeys of Apollo

On this 43rd anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, here's a documentary that NASA produced to mark the 40th…

12 years ago

This Day in History: Launch of Apollo 11

43 years ago today, July 16th, 1969, Apollo 11 left Earth for the first human mission to land on the…

12 years ago

The Moon Is Toxic

As our closest neighbor in space, a time-capsule of planetary evolution and the only world outside of Earth that humans…

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