The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first men to see the far side of the moon with their own eyes, without the aid of optical devices. From their orbital altitude of 69 statute miles, Frank Borman ...

who flew to the moon on Apollo 8 and Apollo 13. "Hopefully, they'll be successful." This story was originally published on ...

Read some insider stories from the Apollo 8 mission to the moon. "After we cleared the launch pad, now we were being propelled by the first stage in these five giant engines, building up thrust ...

Fifty years on, the Apollo Moon programme is probably still ... "I think we were all surprised at how strong that thing was," Apollo 8 astronaut Frank Borman said in 2011. Astronaut Charlie ...

Artemis 2 was initially slotted for a December 2024 liftoff, but that schedule was delayed in January 2024. NASA said several ...

On Christmas Eve 1968, as Apollo 8 orbited the Moon, astronaut William "Bill" Anders captured a photograph that forever ...

In Chicago, we interviewed the legendary Jim Lovell, who orbited the Moon in 1968 on the audacious flight of Apollo 8, and of course later commanded the ill-fated Apollo 13. The very first of our ...

The Apollo moon landing conspiracy contends that 400,000 government workers and contractors would need to keep quiet, and no inquisitive journalists would be out in the trenches, digging for the ...

On November 14, 1969, the Apollo 12 mission launched to the moon. This was the second moon landing of the Apollo program. The ...

While collectors debate infinitesimal changes to what Omega now calls the Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional, the designers of the new Dark Side Of The Moon Apollo 8 had a much freer hand, using ...

Related: The Apollo Program: How NASA sent astronauts to the moon Some Apollo astronauts chose to bring a second watch. Mostly hidden from view, as only the Omega watches were authorized to be ...