Navy Seal frogman to astronaut William Anders, explaining his reaction to opening the Apollo 8 capsule The Apollo 8 mission made history and its crew were rightfully honored as the bravest of ...

In orbit, the astronauts aborted two spacewalks, both under unusual circumstances. Then, on October 25, one of the astronauts ...

We explore the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar ...

Frank Borman, commander of Apollo 8, wrote in his autobiography, "The NASA of more recent years got the idea that you could put almost any highly intelligent person into a spacecraft and qualify ...

And wonderfully, you can visit. The aptly named Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is a full museum, with exhibits including a decommissioned Saturn V rocket, tons of memorabilia, and an actual ...

When SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour returns to Earth this ... Endeavour also honors Apollo 15’s Command and Service Module (CSM), another Endeavour which in 1971 flew astronauts ...

listen Apollo VII was the first test drive of the Apollo spacecraft, limited to Earth orbit ... Jeff Kluger’s latest book Apollo 8 will be released on May 16. It is available for pre-order ...

"I think we were all surprised at how strong that thing was," Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman said ... of stage separation - when parts of the spacecraft are jettisoned - to a "train crash".

NASA's Orion spacecraft that flew Exploration Flight ... I t will also fly an Apollo 8 commemorative medallion as well as a bolt from the Apollo 11 mission and a patch from Apollo 11.

On 9, 1967, NASA launched the powerful new Saturn V rocket on its maiden voyage. The Saturn V was 363 feet tall. That's ...

Samples collected from the surface of the moon by the crew of Apollo 16 more than 50 years ... the moon's history is locked in geological time capsules on its surface, untouched by plate tectonics ...