Fifty-seven years ago, three American astronauts set forth on one of the most audacious and inspiring journeys in human history. In late December 1968, NASA astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and ...
The residents of Timber Cove lined their streets with luminarias and then looked to the moon on Christmas Eve of 1968. One of their neighbors, NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, was circling that familiar yet ...
The last time a crew of Americans rode a rocket toward the Moon, the country was reeling from assassinations, riots, and a grinding war. Apollo 8’s Christmas flight in 1968 did not fix any of that, ...
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 ...
NASA's Apollo 1 tragedy occurred on January 27, 1967, killing astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. The agency annually remembers the Apollo 1 crew, along with the crews of shuttles ...
Apollo 8 came at a time when the country needed hope, Lovell recalled in 2008. The year the mission launched included the assassinations of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, ...