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Apollo Program A Disastrous Beginning

We explore the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar landing in response to Soviet success with Sputnik and cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin ...
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Astonishing Restored Photos Show NASA's Pre-Apollo Missions In All Their Glory

Buoyed by the success of Mercury, NASA attempted more ambitious tasks in space. "Project Gemini was the training ground for the Moon missions of Apollo," NASA explains, adding that they began a streak ...
The San Bernardino Sun

Moon Day: A look back at the Apollo program and the new Artemis plan to return

Saturday, July 20, is Moon Day and the 55th 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. NASA will now ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

NASA’s historic missions: from Mercury to Apollo

On July 29, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which created NASA. A year earlier, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, giving them an advantage in the ...

Fly Your Name Around the Moon on NASA's Artemis II Spacecraft

If you’ve ever wanted to write your name across the stars, now’s your chance. Until Jan. 21, 2026 you can add your name to a ...
Jalopnik

NASA's First Moon Buggy Since Apollo: Here's What We Know So Far

A trio of commercial space ventures has been tasked with designing a lunar terrain vehicle for the upcoming Artemis missions to the Moon, helping astronauts explore the south polar region as part of ...
The New York Times

Apollo Program

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Soviet cosmonauts and NASA astronauts together in the first international human spaceflight. By Becky Ferreira He and his team of NASA engineers jumped into ...
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'We're really on a different trajectory': How NASA's Artemis moon missions aim to prepare us for Mars

NASA is working on finding landing sites for future moon astronauts. Part of the work includes thinking about how to prepare ...
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Astronaut who played role in Apollo program dies

(Gray News) - Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth “Ken” Mattingly died at age 87 on Tuesday, NASA announced in a news release. Born in Chicago, he graduated from Auburn University in 1958 and started his ...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Apollo Program Letter [Myers]

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of a letter, dated March 17, 1965, from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Dale Eugene Myers on ...

Unveiling NASA's Artemis Moon Landing Program: Paving the Way for Mars Missions!

As NASA prepares to send astronauts to the Moon in the coming years, the agency is contemplating how to live and work on ...
The New York Times

Apollo Program

James A. Lovell Jr., the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, led the three man crew, narrowly surviving a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970. By Jamie Leventhal He led the three-man crew ...