James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s Gemini 4 mission, ...
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NASA Hid This Apollo 10 Mystery for 40 Years

Something strange happened on the far side of the Moon, and no one talked about it for nearly 40 years. In May 1969, Apollo ...
The priceless lunar sample gifted to Ireland from the first moon landing was lost in an observatory blaze in the 1970s.
BOSTON — NASA wants its moon dust and cockroaches back. The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to halt the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that had ...
WASHINGTON — NASA astronaut James A. McDivitt, commander of the Apollo 9 mission in 1969, has died at age 93, the agency announced Monday. According to The Associated Press, McDivitt died Thursday in ...