The spacecraft impacted 16 miles from its intended ... A little more than four years after the final Ranger images, Apollo 11 ...

(CBS) – On this day in history, April 16, 1972, the Apollo 16 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke spent a record-breaking 71 hours on the moon. The ...

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The first manned mission to the moon, Apollo 11, launched on July 16, 1969. The crew of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, from left, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong, pose with a ...

"Fly Me to the Moon" chronicles some sketchy events surrounding the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. But which of those were ...

In December 1968, Apollo 8 astronauts ... accident that 16 months after we saw ourselves from the Moon, the first Earth Day took place. But one question about the Earthrise photo has dogged ...

Tom Hanks is taking people on a virtual ride to the moon. At Space ... and film that the Apollo astronauts shot themselves, including a family photo that Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke left ...

Apollo 11 blasts off for historic moon voyage By AL ROSSITER JR. CAPE KENNEDY, Fla., July 16, 1969 (UPI) -- Apollo 11, carrying three astronauts and the dreams of humanity, blasted away for the ...

The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad.

Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon in 1969 a reality. They flocked to the Apollo program for many reasons. Some relished the idea of exploring new worlds. Others were inspired by a ...

The Apollo moon program resulted in a legacy of thousands of images - all of them of immense value as both scientific and documentary records. Yet 30 years after the event most of them speak only ...

one each from the six successful Apollo moon landings. Shot by the astronauts themselves during their historic moonwalks, these QuickTime images capture the magic and mystery of the moon like no ...