In April of 1970, the entire world watched anxiously as the lives of three astronauts hung in the balance. The Apollo 13 mission, part of NASA’s ongoing human space flight program, had gone ...

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Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.

Apollo 13 came close to tragedy in 1970, but a new documentary finds hope for our planet in the failed Moon mission. Reading time 4 minutes It’s been more than 60 years since Yuri Gagarin became the ...

The afternoon crowd in the main plaza of Space Center Houston knew what to expect as they watched Apollo 11’s Lunar Module Eagle spacecraft descend slowly. That wasn’t the case 55 years ago when ...