With the historic first international space docking mission only six months away, preparations on the ground for the ...

With the historic first international space docking mission only six months away, preparations on the ground for the ...

5 and 8, 1970, several hundred scientists, including all 142 U.S. and international ... and Alan Bean during the Rose ...

Following the historic year of 1969 that saw two successful Moon landings, 1970 opened on a more sober note. Ever-tightening ...

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of astronaut Buzz Aldrin. Personal Birth date: January 20, 1930 Birth place: Montclair, New Jersey Birth name: Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr. Father: Edwin ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology played a vital role in the moon landing and beyond, as did a Bay State-based ...

Apollo 8 was the first mission where humans orbited the moon and returned home, marking a huge step forward in human and ...

Specialty museums are particularly focused, diving deep into highly specific subject matters, from seashells to ventriloquism ...

The next generation of Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi 8, is currently being developed behind closed doors. This time, the emphasis isn’t on pure speed, but instead on improving the user experience. Wi-Fi 8 ...

But a trio of U.S. astronauts brought the Christmas spirit to Americans from high above our planet. Here is one account of the Apollo 8 mission from The Associated Press, as told on Christmas Day, ...

Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts–Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell ...