"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...

The Apollo 5 mission tested the Lunar Module in space for the first time, which was crucial to the future manned missions to the moon. NASA launches ... flew onboard space shuttle Discover on ...

On this date, Jan. 22, 1968, Apollo 5 launched in a major ... woman and the first neurologist to travel into space. Bondar flew onboard space shuttle Discover on STS-42. What we know: Boeing ...

Watching a rocket launch while at the beach is SO Florida. It’s a popular hashtag on Instagram, too. On the Space Coast of Florida ... and one mile north of the Apollo Beach entrance to ...

29, 1988, when Discovery lifted off from the space center. USA TODAY's page one with the Challenger space shuttle explosion ... the three who died in the Apollo 1 launch pad fire in 1967 and ...

President Ronald Reagan immediately appointed a commission to investigate and report on the circumstances that led up to the ...

The space agency honored the fallen Challenger crew, as well as other astronauts of Apollo 1 and space shuttle Columbia ... that were compromised by the unusually cold temperatures on launch day. The ...

The space agency honored the fallen Challenger crew, as well as other astronauts of Apollo 1 and space shuttle Columbia ... unusually cold temperatures on launch day. The tragedy led to a ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ... the three who died in the Apollo 1 launch pad fire in 1967 and the ...

For millions, it was an event that would be seared into their memories for the rest of their lives – on par with the Kennedy assassination and 9/11.

Also, on this date in 1992, Dr. Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist to travel into space. Bondar flew onboard space shuttle ... NASA launches Apollo 5, pushing ...