SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Those who planned, ran and piloted the Apollo Program will be venerated Saturday at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for the "Legacy of Apollo" gala celebration. The museum will host ...
On 1970, NASA cancelled the Apollo 20 moon mission. This came just six months after Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil ...
On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo program. It was also the first mission to bring humans to the moon. It lifted ...
Wickliffe Public Library will be hosting a talk on “The Apollo Space Program” at 7 p.m. June 12. Between 1969 and 1972, 21 American astronauts left Earth’s orbit and voyaged to the moon as part of ...
Jeff Hessel, a resident of a 55+ retirement community, shares his experiences working at Cape Canaveral during the Space Race. Hessel's presentations cover historical facts, personal anecdotes, and ...
On this date, Jan. 22, 1968, Apollo 5 launched in a major step forward for U.S. missions to the lunar surface. The Apollo 5 mission tested the Lunar Module in space for the first time, which was ...
David McFarland was just shy of his 14th birthday when on July 20, 1969, he sat in front of the family television and joined 650 million other enthralled viewers as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ...
"On July 20, 1969, U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong took 'one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.' The success of the Apollo 11 mission satisfied the goal that had been set by President ...
The documentary, narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Hanks, made its Johnson Space Center debut last night, where it is projected on a screen and the floor and walls—letting visitors walk on the ...
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 ...
When fire breaks out in the low-gravity, high-stakes conditions inside spacecraft or space stations, it behaves very ...
San Diego Air & Space Museum. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Those who planned, ran, and piloted the Apollo Program will be venerated Saturday at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for the ...