Apollo 16 launched to the moon! Apollo 16 was NASA's fifth lunar landing and the penultimate mission of the entire Apollo ...

Command module pilot Jack Swigert uttered the famous words to Mission Control Center which have often been misquoted.

On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on the third U.S. moon-landing mission.

Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon in 1969 a reality. They flocked to the Apollo program for many reasons. Some relished the idea of exploring new worlds. Others were inspired by a ...

Find out more about the Apollo 11 mission below ... In the run-up to the Moon landing, the US was competing with the Soviet Union in something called the space race. This was a competition ...

(CBS) – On this day in history, April 16, 1972, the Apollo 16 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke spent a record-breaking 71 hours on the moon. The ...

NASA websites have dropped references to landing the first woman on the moon as part of the goals for its Artemis program.

Damian Dovarganes / AP Images Buzz Aldrin, 79, the second man to walk on the moon, recently published Magnificent Desolation, his memoir about his life since the 1969 lunar landing. He spoke with ...

After the fire, NASA made several changes and improvements to the Apollo program and vehicles. The Earthrise photo. After landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent ...

Tom Hanks is taking people on a virtual ride to the moon. At Space Center Houston, visitors can experience an immersive 270-degree multi-screen view of the Apollo missions. "The Moonwalkers ...

Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon in 1969 a reality. They flocked to the Apollo program for many reasons. Some relished the idea of exploring new worlds. Others were inspired by a ...