Apollo mission commanders, primarily focused on mission duties, generally exhibited minimal post-flight personality changes. In contrast, lunar module pilots frequently experienced significant ...

When an explosion rocked Apollo 13's service module on April 13, 1970, the vehicle's vital role, and that of the attached command module spacecraft, suddenly became crystal clear. The astronauts lost ...

An overview of the history and accomplishments of NASA's Apollo missions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Apollo program was ...

Both the United States and the Soviet Union had something to prove during the 1960s. Throughout this time, the two rivals wanted to demonstrate the superiority of their political system and their ...

A Dec. 7 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of a stealth bomber in flight and another image of the bulky Apollo 11 lunar module on the moon's surface. The bomber is labeled, ...

Orlando, Fla. — The mission on the moon then over, astronaut Buzz Aldrin peeked out from the Apollo lunar module onto the powdery gray surface before him, the U.S. flag planted into it —– just about ...

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March 19 (UPI) --Former astronaut Al Worden, who piloted the orbiting command module during the Apollo 15 moon landing in 1971, died Wednesday in Texas, NASA said. He was 88. Worden, who began his ...