It was supposed to mark a thaw in relations, at the height of the Cold War.

A Russian Soyuz launched on July 15, 1975, followed by the U.S. Apollo launch on the same day. The two craft docked on July 17, and joint operations were conducted for two full days. Both ...

"We talk to our Russian friends now and the cosmonauts. They admit now that Apollo 8 was really a blow to their psyche, I guess, a blow to their prestige that we were able to go around the moon ...

NASA’s Apollo Program was nearly derailed by tragedy, but against all odds, the world witnessed history in 1969. Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins faced impossible odds to land on the moon—this is how ...