Their mission launched on December 21, 1968 and lasted for six days. The Lunar Module was completed in time for Apollo 9, the first earth orbit test of that equipment. On March 3, 1969 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of ...

The main purpose of this mission was to test out the first crewed lunar module, nicknamed "Spider," which would carry ...

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

NASA is planning to return humankind to the moon for the first time in over five decades. The agency has narrowed its safe ...

The Apollo 11 mission would follow this plan in the safest ... Dave Scott performs an SEVA in Earth orbit during Apollo 9 The theory of the zeroth EVA goes something like this: after piloting ...

Frank Borman commands the mission, Jim Lovell acts as navigator and William Anders is photographer and geological observer. March 3-13: The American Apollo 9 mission tests the Lunar Module for the ...

11.75 x 10.88 in. (29.8 x 27.6 cm.) ...

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

To photograph a moon mission ... next morning, at 9:32, the 363-ft.-tall Saturn-5 rocket took off. “I know that I cried‚” she says. Campers sleep as they wait for the Apollo 11 launch.

Vega raises $20m series A led by Apollo and Motive. Apollo has become an enterprise-scale client, using AltOS to power its client operations.

McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s Gemini 4 mission ...