Gardner wasn’t on duty for the July 24 splashdown. But he went to Mission Control anyway, joining the flag-waving, cigar-smoking crowd as Apollo 11’s astounding voyage came to an end in the ...

To further slow the spacecraft to a safe speed, three main parachutes were deployed at 10,000 ft, and Apollo 7 had a controlled and gentle splashdown into the Atlantic Ocean. Apollo 7 splashed ...

In orbit, the astronauts aborted two spacewalks, both under unusual circumstances. Then, on October 25, one of the astronauts was hospitalized due to what NASA called an unspecified "medical issue" ...

Apollo 11 was the first human spaceflight to land on the moon. The splashdown happened 55 years ago this July.

NASA personnel and the U.S. Navy practiced splashdown operations this month for the eventual end of the agency's forthcoming ...

Apollo splashdown timetable HOUSTON, July 24, 1969 (UPI)--- Apollo 11 timetable for today, based on the NASA flight plan and Navy information from carrier Hornet (all times EDT).6:32 a.m. -- Crew ...

The National Air and Space Museum holds approximately 17,000 space artifacts in its collection. More than 3,500 of those stem from the historic Apollo Moon landing effort, with 400 objects related ...

Trying to process the sheer number of classic films that Tom Hanks has appeared in is overwhelming. You almost have to break ...

More than 50 years after Apollo, astronauts will be returning to the Moon in style. Axiom Space, NASA’s commercial partner, unveiled the final look of its designer spacesuits built for exploring ...

“Apollo’s tremendous achievement was that a whole lot of ... We also use titaniums, which are really high strength-to-weight ratio materials.” Orion after splashdown in the Pacific Ocean in December ...

The chances that Federal Reserve officials will leave interest rates unchanged in November are mounting as the US economy powers ahead, according to Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo Management.

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...