Stare into the open hatch of Odyssey, the scarred Apollo 13 command module in which three American astronauts made their ...

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. [...] ...

The repository, posted by NASA's Chris Garry and designated as public domain, contains two distinct programs: Comanche055, ...

The NASA Apollo program marked a defining chapter in human history, with Apollo 11 Moon Landing standing as its greatest ...

A new look back at the 1969 Apollo 11 mission highlights photos that still captivate Americans. On July 16, 1969, Commander Neil Armstrong, Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, and Command Module ...

With the spacecraft crippled and more than 210,000 miles from Earth, flight directors and engineers in Houston, led by Eugene ...

Nearly 60 years ago, three Americans made history as the first humans to ever break free of Earth's orbit on their way toward the moon. And when they passed behind the moon to the side Earth never ...

Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran extended the invite in a call to the astronauts as they prepared to return to Earth.

What began as a mission to land on the moon became history’s most harrowing space rescue after a technical failure forced the ...

The crew just surpassed the record previously set by the Apollo 13 astronauts in 1970 for the farthest distance ever traveled ...

A historic Bay Area aircraft carrier that once helped bring astronauts home from the moon is now serving as a real-life ...

When the Orion space capsule lands, four Navy divers will jump into the water, swim to the capsule, and open the hatch.