Project Mercury was the US's first spaceflight program ... The entire Earth would not be seen in one frame until Apollo 17 with the iconic Blue Marble image. But photos taken by astronauts on these early missions sure beat the first black and white ...

Apollo 7 had marked the first crewed mission of the program in October 1968 after a launchpad fire killed three astronauts in January 1967. Apollo 8’s launch followed a couple of months after Apollo 7, occurring just before Christmas 1968. At one point Lovell extended his arm toward the window of the spacecraft.

July 20th is Moon Day, Space Exploration Day and the anniversary of the first Apollo 11 moonwalk. Here’s a look at the Apollo program and the new Artemis program to return to the lunar surface. Screenshot NASA will now target April 2026 for Artemis II ...

Schirra, 84, was the first astronaut to fly three times in space. May 3, 2007 — -- Walter M. Schirra Jr., one of America's original seven astronauts, has died at the age of 84. Schirra, said NASA, died of natural causes at a hospital in La Jolla, Calif.

NASA announced the 2025 class of astronauts, and it includes someone who already is a record-breaking astronaut.