Houston, we have a new reason to celebrate 1995's "Apollo 13" movie. The "Apollo 13" movie astronaut crew included Hanks (as Lovell), Kevin Bacon (command module pilot Jack Swigert) and Bill Paxton ...

Apollo 11 fulfilled JFK’s promise to land a man on the Moon and return him safely—but the White House quietly prepared for ...

NASA's first fatal accident — resulted in the deaths of three astronauts, devastating the organization and the nation as a whole. What happened to their bodies after they were recovered?

Destination Moon' follows a real-life astronaut mission that ended tragically — and the lessons learned for future Apollo ...

Fifty years ago today, three American astronauts died in a sudden, uncontrollable cabin fire aboard the Apollo I space capsule. The deaths of Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee could ...

"Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace." So begins President Richard Nixon's televised address to the nation 51 years ago, ...

Apollo 13 came close to tragedy in 1970, but a new documentary finds hope for our planet in the failed Moon mission. Reading time 4 minutes It’s been more than 60 years since Yuri Gagarin became the ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

The Apollo disaster in January plunged the U.S. space program into an agonizing interregnum of introspection and doubt. Last week the nation’s space leaders made it plain that the time has come to ...

An Apollo woman is sharing her passion for the most infamous maritime disaster ever recorded. Sarah Adams, 33, will host a free public Titantic-themed exhibit and question-and-answer event from noon ...

While Apple TV’s Constellation is set in the modern day, a key plot element involves a disaster that took place on the Apollo 18 mission. But did that actually happen? If you’re wondering if Apple ...

Having endured a nationwide public scolding since last January’s Apollo disaster, North American Aviation Inc. last week did some private scolding within its own corporate offices. Chief victim was ...