The Apollo program and the voyages of the Chinese treasure fleets funded by the Ming dynasty’s Yongle Emperor had much in common. Both programs were ostensibly programs of exploration. Both programs ...

San Diego Air & Space Museum. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Those who planned, ran, and piloted the Apollo Program will be venerated Saturday at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for 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.

As originally planned the Apollo Program was an initial reconnaissance of the lunar surface to be followed by more intensive exploration of the moon and experimentation in lunar and Earth orbit. This ...

Sure the Apollo program put men on the moon. But the research and development that led up to that historical event 50 years ago also produced numerous benefits to people who remained on Earth. Here is ...

Although the US’ Moon landings were mostly made famous by the fact that it featured real-life human beings bunny hopping across the lunar surface, they weren’t there just for a refreshing stroll over ...

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 ...

How the Apollo Program Manager Paved the Way for the Moon Landing Thinking back on the moonshot of Apollo 11, let's remember the NASA project manager who came on after the disastrous, fatal fire of ...

While landing humans on the moon was indeed historic and the boot-kicked lunar dust has settled, perhaps that achievement had more of an impact on society than we realized. When you purchase through ...

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 ...

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 ...