Apollo Lunar Sample Container No ... transported invaluable samples of moon back to Earth. Cade Martin It’s only the size of a suitcase, 8 by 19 by 11.7 inches—perfect for the overhead ...

How did it differ from the earth? What were the mascons, those mysterious subsurface objects, that perturbed the orbits of lunar satellites? Now, as NASA celebrates Apollo 11 with a series of ...

Command module pilot Jack Swigert uttered the famous words to Mission Control Center which have often been misquoted.

They spent 21 hours on its surface, including a seven-hour sleep, before returning to Earth ... a man on the Moon - Apollo 11 - was not the first. Apollo 8 and 10 entered lunar orbit but didn ...

One of the most enduring and powerful images from America's space program. Earthrise was taken on Christmas eve in 1968 by Astronaut William Anders, Lunar Module Pilot. It is a vintage print in suberb ...

No space program from any other nation before or since the Apollo program has sent human beings beyond Earth ... of the moon but only spent 2 hours and 31 minutes outside the lunar module.

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth ...

The Apollo 13 mission will forever be remembered as a testament to human ingenuity and the will to survive. Three NASA ...

Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon in 1969 a reality. They flocked to the Apollo program for many reasons. Some relished the idea of exploring new worlds. Others were inspired by a ...

A special exhibit on the Moon is coming to Long Island.It’s a whole different type of moon landing. A Long Island Episcopal ...

The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Russian capsule that brought Britain's first professional astronaut back to Earth ... lander and NASA's Apollo 11 lunar module "Eagle ...