NASA asked James W. Head III to work with the 18 astronauts selected for the first manned mission to orbit the moon since the end of the Apollo program.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Those who planned, ran and piloted the Apollo Program will be venerated Saturday at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for the "Legacy of Apollo" gala celebration. The museum will host ...

The Apollo missions changed how scientists understand the moon. Returning with Artemis could help solve some of the biggest ...

WASHINGTON -- Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins reunited Friday on the eve of the 50th anniversary of humanity's first moon landing. They gathered in the Oval Office with President ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Famed NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, who commanded the harrowing Apollo 13 mission that was forced to abandon a lunar landing attempt ...

Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.

On Apollo 11's anniversary, Obama thanks astronauts for courage and inspiration. July 20, 2009 — -- On the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, President Obama thanked the Apollo 11 crew ...

A veteran of the early days of the U.S. space program has died. Astronaut Jim Lovell flew in space four times. He's best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13. That mission almost ended in ...

Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics. Everybody who came of age during the ...

San Diego Air & Space Museum. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Those who planned, ran, and piloted the Apollo Program will be venerated Saturday at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for the ...