When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "How We Got to the Moon", out today (Oct. 6) peels back the curtain to expose the true story of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the new children's book "How We Got to the Moon" (Random House Children's Books, 2020), ...

Though NASA expected their complicated machines would not always work right, the first deaths in the space program still came as a shock -- because the fatal mishap occurred on the ground. Gus Grissom ...

James A. Lovell Jr., the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, led the three man crew, narrowly surviving a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970. By Jamie Leventhal He led the three-man crew ...

"We lost one of our country's heroes on Oct. 31. NASA astronaut TK Mattingly was key to the success of our Apollo Program, and his shining personality will ensure he is remembered throughout history," ...

On July 31, 1971, the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) made its lunar debut. The LRV, developed my Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, would travel just over 17 miles, logging three hours ...

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(Gray News) - Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth “Ken” Mattingly died at age 87 on Tuesday, NASA announced in a news release. Born in Chicago, he graduated from Auburn University in 1958 and started his ...