We wanted to walk on the moon. Now let’s just get Apollo 13 back.” The Apollo 13 mission was set to land on the moon in 1970 but was unable to due to an oxygen tank rupturing during the mission.
We explore the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar landing after the Soviet Union took the lead in the 'Space Race'. Following ...
In November 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Richard F. Gordon, and ...
Watch collectors appreciate the importance of reliable timepieces that were used on historic lunar missions ... while aboard the Apollo 14 command module. Similarly, Apollo 13 crew member ...
Frances 'Poppy' Northcutt, First woman in NASA Mission Control "Well ... she changed the space world nearly six decades ago. NASA's Apollo program featured Northcutt right at the center.
Frances "Poppy" Northcutt is a woman of many talents. A former NASA engineer and attorney, she also serves as an election judge, which she considers a privilege.
In the press release, Sarah Noble, Artemis lunar science lead at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., explained that the South Pole is a very different region than where the Apollo missions ...
With the Apollo missions, Nasa simply dropped astronauts ... That might sound like a long time, but it's far less than the 13 years and 42 flights it took to build the ISS. The first two modules ...
According to NASA, the awarding of Moon Trees to organizations around the country this year is a nod to Apollo 14 mission. In 1971 NASA astronaut Stuart Roosa, the command module pilot for the ...