The Soviet Union’s successful Zond-5 space mission in 1968 prompted NASA to speed up the Apollo program—ultimately driving it to its successful conclusion the following year.

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However, during these early years of spaceflight, NASA engineers and astronauts cut their teeth on a variety of spaceflight ...

Johnson Space Center—and the private companies that rely on its business—needs a little help from Congress to remain the ...

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Longtime veterans of the space program, Chet Vaughan and Larry Bell, talk about the ceremonies they hold to honor those ...

By the early 1970s, the Apollo program ... Building a space station orbiting the Moon to support exploration. Establishing a base camp on the lunar surface to conduct long-term scientific research.

On August 23, 1966, NASA’s Lunar Orbiter 1 captured the very first photograph of Earth from the vicinity of the Moon, showing ...

James Lovell received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1995, with Tom Hanks in attendance. Credit: James M. Kelly/Globe Photos/Zuma Press/Alamy Stock Photo During the deep dive into all ...