News

On this day in 1970: Apollo 13 returns safely to Earth after reporting: “Houston, we’ve had a problem here”
Command module pilot Jack Swigert uttered the famous words to Mission Control Center which have often been misquoted.
Smithsonian Magazine7y
Who Took the Legendary Earthrise Photo From Apollo 8?
In December 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank ... I’ve been glad to hear the astronauts like it too, but I must disclose that the joke is alive and well. A few months ago, when my wife emailed ...
Space on MSN3d
OTD In Space - April 16: Apollo 16 Launches To The Moon
Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo program. Three NASA astronauts were on board: John Young, the commander, Ken ...
Yahoo1mon
Ed Mitchell, the Apollo astronaut who lived in Palm Beach County, was a man of the cosmos
He helped rescue the crippled Apollo 13 in 1970. And on Feb. 5, 1971, he became the sixth man to walk on the moon. While many of his fellow 1960s "right stuff" astronauts lead quiet, sometimes ...
Time5y
They Were at Mission Control During Apollo 11. 50 Years Later, the Memory Still Moves Them to Tears
<!-- wp:gutenberg-custom-blocks/featured-media {"id":"5625698","url":"https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/tv.jpg","caption":"Mission Control celebrating ...