When the National Aeronautics and Space Administration prepared to select seven astronauts ... all had quick reflexes and analytical minds -- and physical stamina. Frank Borman, commander of ...

Who planted flags on the Moon and when The first US flag was planted during Apollo 11 in July 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong ... almost mystical unification of all the people in the world at ...

Nobody ever accused the Apollo program of failing to deliver the goods. There were the 842 pounds of moon rocks and the raft of scientific spinoffs and the deep thrills that every one of the 11 ...

Strange as it may sound, where the astronauts sat (or "sat" – the crew actually stood) in the Apollo Lunar Module may ... seemingly largely unchanged. All but one of the lunar module pilots ...

NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore's daughter has prepared a list of all his favourite things to do them together before she goes ...

Apollo 16 astronaut ... in 2011 — all the while spending 91 days in space during her career. She also made the first painting in space. “Astronauts have brought creativity with them since ...

The astronauts of Apollo 8 were ... my kids have played in for some time. It's all beat up, no definition, just a lot of bumps and holes." As Apollo 8 neared its target, the spacecraft was turned ...

Apollo 9 astronaut and longtime Sonoma resident Rusty Schweickart spoke to a sold-out crowd after the Sonoma International Film Festival’s screening of the new documentary, “Apollo 1” on Saturday, ...

The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.

HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Frank Borman — a former NASA astronaut Col. who commandeered the Apollo 8 to the moon — has died at the age of 95. Borman died on Nov. 7 in Billings ...

Astronaut Edgar Dean Mitchell's experience in space led him to found the Institute of Noetic Sciences, which explores the science behind psychic and spiritual phenomena.

While many stories in this new chapter of lunar exploration will be reminiscent of the Apollo missions 50 years ... Historically, and even still today, astronauts selected to fly to space have had to ...