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NASA's Apollo program was an enormous effort to get humans to the moon. This program marked the last time humans landed on the moon's surface. Here are noteworthy missions.
Rocco Petrone, who was director of launch operations at Kennedy Space Center in the 1960s and played a key role in the Apollo program that landed men on the moon, has died. He was 80.
The former chief historian of NASA explains why we haven't gone back to the moon since the Apollo program ended, despite many presidential promises.
Farouk El-Baz is a space scientist who trained astronauts and led the lunar landing site selection process for NASA's Apollo program between 1967 and 1972. In this event, Mr. El-Baz talked about ...
Alan Shepard: Commander, Apollo 14. Prior to commanding Apollo 14 in 1971, Shepard became the first American to reach space in the Freedom 7 spacecraft on May 5, 1961, under NASA's Mercury program.
Some of these movies take a broader sweep of outer space, while others zoom in on pivotal moments in NASAs Apollo Space Program.
The samples were sealed until technology improved enough to study them. Now, they may have helped solve a lunar mystery.
Women’s role in the program that led to the Apollo 11 moon landing being celebrated this month is more of a tale in lower-case letters.
<p>News about the Apollo Program, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.</p> ...
Many of those involved in the Apollo 11 lunar landing on July 20, 1969, say they doubt that it could be duplicated today.
<p>News about the Apollo Program, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.</p> ...