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An 18-karat gold version of the first watch worn on the moon has set a record for the most paid for an astronaut's timepiece.
Robert “Ed” Smylie stands next to the command center used during the Apollo missions. Smylie, an MSU alumnus who played a ...
The Apollo 13 mission will forever be remembered as a testament to human ingenuity and the will to survive. Three NASA astronauts - James Lovell, John Swigert and Fred Haise - lifted off on April 11 ...
NASA is celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the Apollo 16 mission which touched down on the Moon on April 21. Besides being ...
Command module pilot Jack Swigert uttered the famous words to Mission Control Center which have often been misquoted.
NASA still has more to learn more about how the regolith and surface will be affected when a spacecraft much larger than the Apollo lunar excursion module lands, whether it's on the moon for ...
One of the most enduring and powerful images from America's space program. Earthrise was taken on Christmas eve in 1968 by Astronaut William Anders, Lunar Module Pilot. It is a vintage print in suberb ...
Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes. [...] ...
GILBERT, Ariz. — The first piece of a new space station that will orbit the moon is now sitting inside a clean room in Gilbert. NASA and Northrop Grumman unveiled the module to the public Tuesday, ...