On, NASA reached a pivotal milestone in America’s race to the Moon with the first launch of an Apollo-Saturn IB rocket, known as AS-201, from Cape Kennedy—today’s Cape Canaveral.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 34 sits as a preserved and haunting reminder of NASA’s first major tragedy — one which lives on in ...

The last time a crew of Americans rode a rocket toward the Moon, the country was reeling from assassinations, riots, and a grinding war. Apollo 8’s Christmas flight in 1968 did not fix any of that, ...

NASA is poised to achieve a major technical or exploratory milestone on March 6, 2026, that has not been replicated since the conclusion of the Apollo program over five decades ago.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo program.

On this day in aviation and space history, 57 years ago (October 10, 1968), NASA launched Apollo 7-the first successful crewed mission of the Apollo program. At precisely 15:02:45 UTC, a Saturn IB ...

Margaret Landis receives research funding from NASA. She is affiliated with the Planetary Society as a member for over 20 years. A rocket launch is always at the mercy of a variety of factors outside ...

People can discover the tragedies and triumphs of NASA’s Apollo program during a free program at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 15 at Mentor Public Library’s Lake Branch, 5642 Andrews Road in Mentor-on-the-Lake. Eric ...