On February 26, 1966, NASA launched its new Saturn IB rocket on its first test flight. Also known as the Uprated Saturn I, ...
During Apollo 10’s far-side pass, Stafford, Cernan, and Young heard an unsettling whistling, music-like tone in their headsets while temporarily out of contact with Earth. NASA and several engineers ...
Fifty-seven years ago, three men hurtled toward Earth inside a ball of violet flame, moving faster than any humans before or ...
Soon, four astronauts will launch on a mission to the vicinity of the Moon for the first time in over 50 years. The mission, called Artemis II, is the second mission — and first crewed mission — of ...
As we near Artemis II, we remember legendary NASA astronaut John Young, who grew up in College Park, walked on the moon and knew the thrill of sneaking a corned-beef sandwich into space.
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.
The iconic Apollo Theater in Harlem is preparing to go dark for more than a year, as crews get ready to begin the venue’s first large-scale renovation in its 91-year history. Scaffolding is already up ...
NASA’s efforts to get the Artemis II mission off the ground have stalled once again, as engineers navigate a new issue with the rocket set to launch four astronauts around the moon.
The Motorola plant in Scottsdale won a contract in the early 1960s for a “vital communications link" between Earth and Apollo 11.