The mission was also Tom Stafford's last spaceflight. The Apollo Command Module Pilot, Vance Brand, would go on to fly on ...

Got a Space Nerd in your car, then you have to visit a NASA site. NASA Visitor Centers are scattered across the U.S. and are based at Space Centers and research facilities. There, visitors will get a ...

Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke, left, and space shuttle veteran Nicole Stott speak during a ceremony at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.

As for the astronauts, Haise was assigned to command the Apollo 19 moon mission. However, it and two other missions were canceled after NASA's budget was cut. He later piloted the space shuttle ...

Apollo Space Shuttle Looks Like Just Half a Spaceship, Could Still Have Reached the Moon. Published: 5 Jan 2023, 12:23 UTC • By: Daniel Patrascu. 15 photos. Photo: Hazegrayart.

Although scheduled to be commander of Apollo 19, that mission was cancelled because of budget cuts, as were all other flights after Apollo 17. He later served as a test pilot on the prototype ...

Fifty-five years ago Saturday, humanity made its first visit to the lunar surface with Apollo 11.Lifting off atop the gigantic Saturn V rocket on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission forever ...

Being CapCom [for Apollo 11] was, I think, more intense than [my own Apollo 16] landing. The landing is so dynamic, and you’re looking outside, you’ve got these visual cues. The focus was more ...

Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly, a rear admiral who flew on Apollo 16 and two space shuttle missions, died Tuesday, according to a NASA news release.