Half of the airframe for the Columbia was built in Tulsa, according to David Blankenship, public relations director for Tulsa ...

Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after Apollo 8 (1968) and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, ...

and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, 1970, the crew was led by commander Lovell, along with command module pilot Jack Swigert and lunar module pilot Fred Haise. Before the mission ...

On Jan. 2, 1959, the Soviet Union launched the Luna 1 probe (Lunik 1) toward the moon using its Luna 8K72 rocket.In Latin and ...

While the flag from the first lunar landing hasn't been seen in years, at least three other flags survived life on the moon — ...

Many old famous people have remained iconic over the years. Many of them have accomplished tremendous career achievements ...

It then faces a six-hour flight back to Earth with a desert landing target of White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 12:03 a.m. Sept ... Orlando’s John Young who flew on Gemini, Apollo, the Apollo ...

Commander Jared Issacman, pilot Scott Poteet, and mission specialists Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon hope to travel further from the Earth than any human since Apollo 17 in 1972 ... 1 and berth it to the ...