NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in Florida is one of the most iconic and essential structures in the history of space exploration. This massive facility, located at the Kennedy Space Center, ...

The Lunar Module (LM) was a key part of NASA’s Apollo program, responsible for carrying astronauts from lunar orbit to the ...

Splashdown occurred at 11:53 a.m. (CDT), May 26, 1969, about 400 miles east of American Samoa and about four miles from the prime recovery ship, USS Princeton. (Credit: NASA) ...

Fishman's research found that some 400,000 people worked on Apollo 11 in about eight years. Seven hundred of those at NASA and MIT worked on the computer and software design, he writes.

The Apollo 11 astronauts immediately went into quarantine aboard the Hornet and, along with 48 pounds (22 kilograms) of moon rocks and soil, remained off-limits for weeks as they were moved to ...

The Apollo 11 astronauts immediately went into quarantine aboard the Hornet and, along with 48 pounds (22 kilograms) of moon rocks and soil, remained off-limits for weeks as they were moved to ...

Most of the rocks remain locked up inside a restricted lab at Houston’s Johnson Space Center. The Apollo program landed 12 astronauts on the moon from 1969 through 1972.

Most of the rocks remain locked up inside a restricted lab at Houston's Johnson Space Center. The Apollo program landed 12 astronauts on the moon from 1969 through 1972. Next up: Apollo's twin ...

It needed a big space. Close to 3,000 people came to work at this new rocket garage, compared to the 450 employed there currently. Thanks to the Apollo program, the Brevard area saw significant ...

The Apollo 17 mission was much shorter compared with the estimated duration of the Artemis mission. From launch to splashdown, Apollo 17 mission time was 12 days, 13 hours, and 52 minutes.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov 16 (Reuters) - With a dash of launch-pad heroics and 8.8 million pounds (4 million kg) of thrust, NASA's colossal new rocket soared into space for the first time early on ...

Riley was a petty officer third class aboard the USS Arlington, which was assigned to assist with communications during the Apollo 11 splashdown in July 1969. However, the ship wound up playing a ...