On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 lunar landing mission made a successful launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida carrying three astronauts set to conduct geological experiments on the moon. But despite ...
(CBS) – On this day in history, April 16, 1972, the Apollo 16 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke spent a record-breaking 71 hours on the moon. The ...
On this day in aviation and space history, 57 years ago (October 10, 1968), NASA launched Apollo 7-the first successful crewed mission of the Apollo program. At precisely 15:02:45 UTC, a Saturn IB ...
On December 24, 1968, Apollo 8 became the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon. This article looks back at the historic flight that changed space exploration forever.