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 ...

LIBERTY — The historic late 1972 launch of the Apollo 17 mission to the moon represented more than a space expedition to merely collect rock samples from the lunar landscape while making history: It ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Commander Gene Cernan, the last person to walk on the moon, during NASA's final Apollo lunar landing mission, in December 1972. - ...

The space explorer was determined throughout his life, says Teasel Muir-Harmony, the curator of the Apollo Collection at the National Air and Space Museum Will Sullivan - Daily Correspondent Jim ...

NASA asked James W. Head III to work with astronauts selected for the first manned mission to orbit the moon since the end of the Apollo program Unlike Apollo’s “fast and furious” race to the moon ...