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

The Apollo 8 astronauts were heroes, but they were also human. They shared jokes and fun, moments of weakness, and the ...

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 ...

The groundbreaking researcher who helped create the field of software engineering and whose code helped land NASA win the 20th century space race, has died at 90.

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90. By Trip Gabriel Almost forgotten now, the mission circled the Earth for 10 days, performing a ...

Margaret Hamilton, who coined the term “software engineering” and led the development of on-board flight software for NASA’s Apollo program in the 1960s, died last week at the age of 90. A recipient ...

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 ...

Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced.

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 ...