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5 days ago · Learn more about the selection of Apollo astronauts, development of the Apollo spacecraft, details about each of the missions, and much more.
4 days ago · The Apollo 13 mission, part of NASA’s ongoing human space flight program, had gone desperately wrong after an explosion mid-way through the lunar journey. Now, the crew had abandoned their mission in an attempt to save their lives.
1 day ago · On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:39 a.m. EST (16:39 UTC).
4 days ago · The crew originally designated for Apollo 14, Jim Lovell as the commander, Ken Mattingly as CMP and Fred Haise as LMP, all of whom had backed up Apollo 11, was made the prime crew for Apollo 13 instead.
1 day ago · The Apollo 13 crew (Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert), while passing over the far side of the Moon at an altitude of 254 km (158 mi) from the lunar surface, were 400,171 km (248,655 mi) from Earth. [45]
5 days ago · Netflix documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and the struggle to bring its astronauts safely home, using original footage and interviews.
5 days ago · Launching the Vision. First Stage – Apollo 7 launched from Launch Complex 34 at 11:02:45 am EDT on Friday, October 11, 1968, nearly 22 months since Apollo 1. It was the only crewed mission to launch from Launch Complex 34 at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, making a little history of its own. However, the iconic moment was not as smooth ...
