The last time a crew of Americans rode a rocket toward the Moon, the country was reeling from assassinations, riots, and a ...

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

In this video, we focus on the Saturn V rocket, which successfully launched the Apollo spacecraft into orbit. Notably, there ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon.

Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: “We are enormously ...

On. Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7 launched into space with NASA astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham. This was the first mission of the Apollo program that carried a crew into space.

A look at NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, its impact in 1968, and how Artemis 2 could shape the future of human spaceflight in 2026 ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.

The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins were quarantined for three weeks because NASA was afraid of dangerous germs from the moon.