On April 16, 1972, Apollo 16 was successfully launched on its 238,000-mile journey to the moon. This launch marked the start ...

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

We had an interesting salon gathering recently at the Barnes & Noble bookstore café. Joel Levine, who for 41 years served as a senior scientist at NASA, currently serves as a research professor in the ...

Humanity on Monday traveled the farthest ever into space, breaking the record set more than 50 years ago by Apollo 13.

The Apollo era remains one of the most remarkable achievements in the history of space exploration. Launched during the ...

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Introduction: Moonrise -- The launch of the space race, 1946-1957 -- Sputnik and the politics of spaceflight, 1957 -- A space program for all humankind, 1958-1960 -- If we are to win the battle, ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell, who flew on two Apollo-era missions in 1968 and 1970, recorded a message for the Artemis II crew before ...