Apollo Program
NASA Won’t Be Going ‘Back’ to the Moon—It Wants to Go Beyond It
At a 50th-anniversary event for Apollo 8, NASA’s Jim Bridenstine envisioned the moon’s potential for future space exploration
How Apollo 8 ‘Saved 1968’
The unforgettable, 99.9 percent perfect, December moon mission marked the end of a tumultuous year
Smithsonian Curator Reflects on What 'First Man' Gets Right About Neil Armstrong's Journey to the Moon
The new film lays bare the personal sacrifice and peril that accompanied NASA's historic mission
The Latest on the Kickstarter Campaign to Conserve Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit
As a new biopic blasts off, the protective suit worn by the 'First Man' on the moon is readied for its star turn
This Apollo 8 Astronaut Took the Famous "Earthrise" Photo
Once in orbit, astronaut William Anders takes one of the most legendary photographs of all time
These Rare NASA Photos Were Saved From the Trash
The 1,500 press images up for sale cover the agency's manned missions from 1961 to 1972
A Timeline of 1968: The Year That Shattered America
The nation is still reckoning with the changes that came in that fateful year
Who Took the Legendary Earthrise Photo From Apollo 8?
The mission returned to Earth with one of the most famous images in history
Apollo 17 Was the Swan Song of Manned Space Exploration
Looking back 45 years later, is there hope humanity will once again push beyond Earth? President Donald Trump seems to think so
The Moon Landing Was the Television Event of the Decade
On June 16, 1969, Americans filled highways, streets and homes to witness the launch of a rocket from the Kennedy Space Center: the legendary Apollo 11
A Moonwalk Did Not Destroy Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit. Now Time Won't Either
Conservators are bringing new innovations to save the 80-pound suit that allowed the first astronaut on the moon to take that giant leap
Thieves Steal Solid Gold Lunar Lander Model From Armstrong Museum
The five-inch model was created by Cartier as tribute from French newspaper readers to the Apollo 11 astronaut
What's Really Changed—and What Hasn’t—About Getting Humans to the Moon
NASA’s Orion will combine vintage tech with massive advances in computing power and electronics we've made since 1972
Apollo 11 Command Module Makes Another Journey
The command module "Columbia" will visit four U.S. museums, leaving DC for the first time in 46 years.
The Legacy of the Apollo 1 Disaster
Fifty years after a fire killed three astronauts and temporarily grounded U.S. space exploration, a new exhibit honors the fallen crew
American Scientists Took the First Photo of Earth From Space Using Nazi Rockets
70 years ago, researchers at White Sands Missile Base strapped a movie camera to a V2 rocket to get a bird's-eye view of our planet
The Code That Sent Apollo 11 to the Moon Just Resurfaced Online and Is Chock-Full of Jokes
Published on GitHub, the array of in-jokes, pop culture and Shakespeare asides in the comments on the code show the human side of the project
Mysterious “Music” Spooked Apollo 10 Astronauts
Archival audio reveals eerie sounds heard by astronauts on the dark side of the moon
In Another Giant Leap, Apollo 11 Command Module Is 3-D Digitized for Humankind
Five decades after Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins journeyed to the moon, their spaceship finds a new digital life
How NASA's Flight Plan Described the Apollo 11 Moon Landing
A second-by-second guide to the historic mission
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