The Apollo program is arguably the most famous achievement of the United States regime, but how much do you really know about ...

The Apollo program was a pencil-and-paper enterprise ... and the vast expanse of the Sahara Desert at the top. Taking good pictures is never easy. It’s harder when you’re mummified in a ...

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Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon in 1969 a reality. They flocked to the Apollo program for many reasons. Some relished the idea of exploring new worlds. Others were inspired by a ...

Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the moon ... NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, managed the ...

As the Apollo program closed in on its goal, cartographers relied on photos from 1966 and 1967 orbiter missions to create the February 1969 hand-­painted map—considered the best reference at ...

Seventeen astronauts were lost in the Apollo 1 fire and the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters. The crew of Apollo 1 during training in Florida in January 1967. From left, Virgil "Gus ...