Pet rocks, bell bottoms, disco, day-glo and movies like “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” defined the 1970s. Another thing that captured the imagination of the nation in ...
Despite Neil Armstrong's towering accomplishments, he remained a humble man. Armstrong, who is from Wapakoneta, Ohio, always ...
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NASA’s plan to rescue astronauts from the Moon

In the 1960s, North American Aviation was asked to work out how astronauts could be rescued if they became stranded on or ...
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to step onto the moon’s surface, speaking the famous words, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” He served as ...
Does the United States government’s latest disclosure of classified UFO-related records answer humanity’s biggest unanswered question? The question being: Are we alone in the universe? What are the ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A documentary being screened in town this week tells the story of Apollo 1 and its crew, including Grand Rapids native Roger Chaffee. “What I hope people will take away ...
NASA's Space exploration is one of the boldest ventures by humans but oftentimes it has also ended in failures and fallacies. For every triumphant moonwalk and every successful discovery, some stories ...
Inside mission control during the dramatic rescue of Apollo 13. On April 17, 1970, the command module for the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean near the Samoan Islands with ...
The Lockheed Martin Orion is the latest arrival of a human-rated spacecraft slated to take humans beyond the bounds of Low Earth Orbit and close to the surface of another heavenly body. But for all ...
Surrounded by a vast dark expanse, huddled in sleeping bags with three of your friends in a space the size of a five-person tent. This isn’t a camping trip ‒ it’s life on Orion ‒ the spacecraft ...
It's been nearly 60 years since three astronauts tragically lost their lives during the NASA Apollo 1 space mission. Virgil I. 'Gus' Grissom, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee perished when flames ...