Apollo Program
A Wind Storm in Australia Nearly Interrupted the Moon Landing Broadcast
As Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, radio telescope operators in New South Wales scrambled to receive the live video
From the Family Station Wagon to the Apollo Lunar Rover, My Dad's Engineering Talent Had No Limits
Stricken with polio as an adult, he retired from the military and joined NASA's ingenious design team
Restored Apollo Mission Control Center Brings the Moon Landing Era to Life
Decommissioned in 1992, the site is now open to public tours
At 21, Ann Montgomery Became a Lead Engineer at NASA, Managing the Cameras and Other Crucial Gear Used on the Moon
Montgomery worked closely with the Apollo astronauts to train them to use handheld tools and equipment on the moon
How Neil, Buzz and Mike Got Their Workouts in on Their Way to the Moon and Back
To counter the effects of weightlessness, NASA equipped Apollo 11 with an Exer-Genie for isometric exercises
The Augmented Reality App That Lets You Experience the Moon Landing
Tied to a new series from the Smithsonian Channel, the app is the closest you can get to being on the moon without time-traveling to 1969
A Cross-Country Guide to Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
It's been half a century since humankind touched down on the surface of the moon, and we're not done praising the feat
What You Didn't Know About the Apollo 11 Mission
From JFK's real motives to the Soviets' secret plot to land on the Moon at the same time, a new behind-the-scenes view of an unlikely triumph 50 years ago
We Chose to Go to the Moon
A collection of stories to celebrate the semicentennial of the Apollo 11 mission
In Celebration of 50 Years Since the Moon Landing, Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit Set to Return to Public View
Duplicates of the 3D scanned historic Apollo artifact will also tour Major League ballparks this summer
A Smithsonian Curator Reflects on Apollo 10, the Mission That Made Landing on the Moon Possible
Fifty years ago, the astronauts who crewed the “dress rehearsal” for Apollo 11 paved the way for history to be made just a couple months later
Yes, the United States Certainly DID Land Humans on the Moon
Moon-landing deniers, says space scholar and former NASA chief historian Roger Launius, are full of stuff and nonsense
The Moon Is Slowly Shrinking, Which May Be Causing 'Moonquakes' on Its Surface
Analysis of seismic data collected on the Apollo missions shows the moon is probably tectonically active
The Paraglider That NASA Could Have Used, but Didn't, to Bring Astronauts Back to Earth
Francis Rogallo's invention would have brought returning space vehicles in for a runway landing, instead of an ocean splashdown
Rita Rapp Fed America’s Space Travelers
NASA’s food packages now in the collections of the Air and Space Museum tell the story of how a physiologist brought better eating to outer space
NASA Considers a Rover Mission to Go Cave Diving on the Moon
The deep caverns and pits that dot the lunar surface could hold clues to the moon's history and perhaps provide shelter for future human exploration
Margaret Hamilton Led the NASA Software Team That Landed Astronauts on the Moon
Apollo’s successful computing software was optimized to deal with unknown problems and to interrupt one task to take on a more important one
Earth’s Oldest Known Rock May Have Been Found on the Moon
Alan Shepard, the first American astronaut in space, collected the rock sample during Apollo 14
Twelve Anniversaries and Events Worth Traveling For in 2019
2019 will mark Singapore's bicentennial, the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death and a total solar eclipse in South America
The Missions to the Moon That Never Left the Drawing Board
From pioneers of science fiction to the height of the space race, these are the ideas for lunar flight that never launched
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