The prime crew for the first manned flight of Project Apollo died in a flash fire inside the three-man spacecraft atop its ...

The cleaning ensures the display is preserved for future generations.

By 1967, NASA had wrapped up the Mercury and Gemini programs and was preparing for the launch of the first Apollo-series spacecraft.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Apollo 13, the third scheduled manned ...

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Step inside a fascinating space exploration museum and join us on an immersive journey through the history of moon missions.

While Alan Shepard played one of the worst rounds of Moon golf on record, an experiment was circling the Moon 34 times on ...

On the annual Day of Remembrance, "Apollo 1," a film that highlights a NASA tragedy during the race to the moon, was showcased.

Find out about the main events that have taken place on this day over the years.

AMONG the thousands of groundlings who worked to make Apollo 8 a success, the person most responsible for the flight was a Vienna-born engineer named George Low, who is little known outside the NASA ...

On Jan. 22, 1968, NASA launched Apollo 5, marking the first time the Apollo Lunar Module flew in space and a critical step toward landing astronauts on the Moon.

Unlike traditional metal detection systems, the Apollo 500 lets through everyday items like keys and cell phones without having to stop the person, but detects a firearm.