Steve Bales isn’t a known name like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. But his bold ‘go’ decision during Apollo 11’s moon ...

The Apollo spacecraft, developed by NASA for the legendary Moon missions, was made up of three key components: the Command ...

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Originally replaced due to a Rubella scare, the late Ken Mattingly helped save the lives of the three astronauts on the infamous Apollo 13 mission.

In April 1972, the Apollo 16 Command Module flew to the moon and back, carrying astronauts John Young, Thomas “Ken” Mattingly and Charles Duke.

Ken Mattingly, right, aboard a command module training vessel in Houston in 1972 as he prepared for Apollo 16, the next-to-last manned mission to the moon. NASA ...

From the column: "In addition to greater diversity, the Artemis program has a broader scope than the Apollo program. Artemis plans to use the moon as a stepping stone to Mars." ...

Apollo 17 was the last mission to place human on the moon 50 years ago. The rocket lifted off Dec. 7, 1972, and the crew stepped onto the moon Dec. 11.

NOT long after the world had followed the lunar adventures of Apollo 15’s crew – David Scott, James Irwin and Alfred Worden – space-fans in Glasgow queued to to see the command module of the ...

On July 26, 1971, at 9:34 am EDT, Apollo 15 lifted off the Pad A of Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center on the first true lunar exploration mission. Using an improved Lunar Module, the ...

Michael Collins (right), the Apollo 11 command module pilot, orbited the moon while astronauts Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin (left) and Neil Armstrong became the first men to walk on the moon in July ...

Michael Collins, the man who stayed behind aboard the Apollo 11 command module while crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the moon and walked into history, died Wednesday after a ...