Apollo 17, the final NASA mission to send humans to the Moon for Project Apollo, splashed down on this day in 1972. [...] ...

After the Moon landing, the Apollo program’s future was uncertain. But in 1970, Apollo 13 turned NASA’s focus back to survival. When an explosion crippled the spacecraft mid-flight, it sparked one of ...

The Apollo program should be remembered as much for landing the first humans on the Moon as it is for countless demonstrations of problem solving and ingenuity, of continual fine-tuning and honing of ...

The last human to walk on the surface of the Moon was Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan on Dec. 14, 1972. NASA is now preparing to send the first woman and the first person of color to the surface of ...

BRADENTON, Fla. -- Fifty years after the Apollo 15 crew visited the moon, members of the family of astronaut Jim Irwin, the lunar module pilot who also drove the lunar rover, unveiled his NASA ...

The 55th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969, is drawing nigh. The anniversary falls under the shadow of the Artemis program, which intends to land ...

We had an interesting salon gathering recently at the Barnes & Noble bookstore café. Joel Levine, who for 41 years served as a senior scientist at NASA, currently serves as a research professor in the ...

People can discover the tragedies and triumphs of NASA’s Apollo program during a free program at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at Mentor Public Library’s Lake Branch, 5642 Andrews Road in Mentor-on-the-Lake. Eric ...

Astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, better known as Ken or “TK” Mattingly, died on Oct. 31 at the age of 87. Over his long career he served as a naval aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer and ...

James A. Lovell Jr., the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, led the three man crew, narrowly surviving a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970. By Jamie Leventhal He led the three-man crew ...

No explorers ever traveled farther from home than the Apollo astronauts. As artists, they’re still underrated. By Jason Farago James A. Lovell Jr., the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, led the ...