The Artemis II mission represents the first time astronauts have launched beyond low Earth orbit since 1972. Tom Hanks is celebrating the launch of NASA's Artemis II mission, and the four astronauts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Apollo 13 space mission in April 1970 riveted the public as NASA successfully saved the three astronauts onboard after a ...

After Apollo 11 reached the Moon, NASA pushed deeper into the unknown with riskier landings and more ambitious scientific ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did you know Seattle’s Museum of Flight features an entire exhibit dedicated to Project Apollo? Some of those missions paved the ...

The Apollo 13 mission was to land on the moon for a third, but it soon turned into a rescue mission. An oxygen tank exploded aboard the spacecraft, causing both the crew on board and ground control to ...

Hollywood star Jack Blacks late mother Judith Love Cohen was a heavyweight in her own right. An aerospace engineer, her ...

Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA's third crewed mission to the surface of the moon, but nearly 56 hours into the flight, command module pilot John "Jack" Swigert radioed a troubling message to ...

The crew surpassed the Apollo 13 record of 248,655 miles on Monday at 12:56 p.m. Central time. The Artemis II astronauts reached a maximum distance of 252,756 miles at 6:02 p.m. FLYBY: The Artemis II ...

The filmmaker's Oscar-winning drama tells the harrowing story of NASA's aborted 1970 lunar mission Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; Raquel Natalicchio/Houston Chronicle via Getty Ron Howard opened up about ...

"Hearst Magazines and AOL may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On April 11, 1970, Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise were determined to reach ...