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

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Nobody ever accused the Apollo program of failing to deliver the goods. There were the 842 pounds of moon rocks and the raft of scientific spinoffs and the deep thrills that every one of the 11 ...

Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface. While most scientists ...

A virtual army of 400,000 people worked to make John F. 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 ...

This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. National Geographic has always been at the forefront of lunar mapping. As the Apollo program closed in on its goal ...

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 ...