Apollo
Even More Things That Saved Apollo 13: The Nail-biting Re-entry Sequence
50 years ago today, on April 17, 1970, the crew of Apollo 13 came home. Safely. Successfully. The world breathed…
Even More Things That Saved Apollo 13: Charging the Batteries
Following the explosion of an oxygen tank in Apollo 13’s Service Module on April 13, 1970, approximately 56 hours into…
The Apollo 1 Fire: Excerpt from “Eight Years to the Moon”
Editor’s note: Today marks the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 1 fire that killed three astronauts during a routine test…
Here’s a Deepfake of Nixon Giving a Eulogy for the Apollo 11 Astronauts if Their Mission Failed
It's July 16th, 1969. The Apollo 11 crew have completed their training, and they're in the Columbia Command Module atop…
Apollo 12 Launched 50 Years Ago Today
The 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 was a huge celebration, and Apollo 13 may be an equally big commotion. Apollo…
The Story of the Apollo Guidance Computer, Part 3
During the development of the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) by the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory (see Part 1 and Part 2…
Gene Cernan, Last Man on the Moon, Honored at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR COMPLEX, FL - Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon, and one of…
Last Man on the Moon, Gene Cernan, Has Died
One of Apollo’s finest, astronaut Gene Cernan, has left Earth for the last time. Cernan, the last man to walk…
The Moon Is Getting Slammed Way More Than We Thought
A new study of the current rate of meteoroid impacts on the Moon suggests that those iconic astronaut boot prints…
Apollo 11 Landing 47 Years Ago; See it Through New Eyes
Looking for a way to commemorate the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission landing on the Moon? Here are…