Apollo 1 was supposed to be another step toward the Moon, but a cabin fire killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger ...

Gemini astronauts risked their lives to prove that spacewalking was possible.

The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there ...

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and ...

That's one small step for a man. One very expensive leap for the United States. Okay, sure, some would argue focusing on the total cost of the Apollo program defeats the purpose. Stepping onto the ...

Apollo crewed Earth-orbiting mission. First crewed flight with the lunar module. Crew: James McDivitt, David Scott and Russell “Rusty” Schweickart. Apollo lunar mission. The final dress rehearsal ...

Almost forgotten now, the mission circled the Earth for 10 days, performing a series of tests with the lunar lander. What it lacked in glory it made up for in technological contributions. By Kenneth ...

Anita Mitchell reflects on marriage to Edgar Mitchell, media pressure, and life on Earth during the Apollo 14 lunar mission.

Florida’s Space Coast has spent more than six decades closely connected to American spaceflight. The region around Cape ...

The Space Race was a technological battle fought by Soviet and American scientists and engineers, and by Soviet cosmonauts ...