On this day in 1969, NASA formally announced the prime crew selected to carry out the Apollo 11 mission, a decision that would soon mark one of the most defining moments in human history.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ed Smylie simulates the work he and his team did during the Apollo 13 emergency - MSU Ed Smylie, who has died aged 95, was an ...

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape that saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 after an ...

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - It's been 56 years since the famous quote from the moon landing was uttered: "One small step for man... One giant leap for mankind." But that step onto the pages of history was ...

Former Apollo astronaut James Lovell, who personified the spirt of NASA’s calm confidence that despair would never have dominion, has died at the age of 97. As noted by the New York Times, Lovell ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (WCSC) — Fifty-seven years ago, astronauts on the first manned mission to the moon returned to Earth safely after a historic six-day journey. Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr., and ...

On this day in aviation history, 57 years ago (December 24, 1968), Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to leave planet Earth's gravitational pull, and also the first human space flight to ...

The crew of Apollo 11 had made history by landing on the moon and coming back to Earth in one piece. But before the celebrations could begin, they would have to spend ...