NASA recently paid tribute to the Challenger crew and other fallen astronauts during its annual Day of Remembrance.

His crew had a mocking portrait taken ... such as cards or puzzles.” The Apollo fire remains one of America’s darkest moments. It arose from an insatiable ‘go’ fever and the perverse ...

Originally Lovell had been assigned to the Apollo 8 backup crew. But when Mike Collins had to drop out for surgery on his spine, Lovell was reunited with his Gemini commander, Borman, for Apollo 8.

However, the crew completed the same tasks as Apollo 11 - minus landing on the ... However, its location remains a mystery despite efforts by amateur astronomers to search for it using the last ...

"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...

Fearful that the Russians would continue their lead in the space race and be the first to put a man on the moon, NASA felt an enormous pressure to push the Apollo Program forward as quickly as ...

The crew also trained on the Apollo Guidance Computer at MIT to familiarize ... Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas, Texas.

This Hollywood drama is based on the events of the Apollo 13 lunar mission ... Subsequent tensions within the crew and numerous technical problems threaten both the astronauts' survival and ...

The space agency honored the fallen Challenger crew, as well as other astronauts of Apollo 1 and space shuttle ... in the name of exploration. Safety remains our cornerstone as their courage ...