Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, in this official NASA photo, was chosen as the prime crew commander for the Apollo 10 lunar orbit mission. Astronaut John W. Young, in this official NASA photo, was ...

"The Apollo spacecraft news reference has been prepared by Public Affairs, Space, at Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York, in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space ...

Inside mission control during the dramatic rescue of Apollo 13. On April 17, 1970, the command module for the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean near the Samoan Islands with ...

It's 55 years since US astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to walk on the Moon. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969. As he did so, he ...