COLUMBIA, S. C. (AP) — Fifty years after his Apollo 16 mission to the moon, retired NASA astronaut Charlie Duke says he's ready for the U. S. to get back to lunar exploration. Part of that effort, Duke said Frid...
Recalls the launching of Apollo 16's space vehicle to the Moon in 1972. Astronauts aboard the flight; Highlights of the Apollo 16 mission; Troubles encountered before and during the flight; Delays in touch-down; Order of business. INSET: Apollo 10's dress rehearsal, by J.B..Banke...
He logged a total of 21 days, 4 hours and 34 minutes in space, including 1 hour, 23 minutes on a spacewalk near the moon, the second deep-space extravehicular activity (EVA) in history. Related: Lunar legacy: 45 Apollo moon mission photos Mattingly was exposed to the German measles by ...
Thomas K. Mattingly, a key commander during the Apollo 16 mission to the moon, died at age 87, NASA announced Thursday. Mattingly, known as Ken or T.K., died on Oct. 31, NASA confirmed in a statement. "NASA astronaut TK Mattingly was key to the success of our Apollo Program, and...
It has been 50 years since the historic launch of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, which first landed humans on the moon. As part of the celebrations, the program's former astronauts and flight director gathered at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center to talk about the mission....
In the 1960s and 1970s, 12 men landed and walked on the moon. See how all of NASA's Apollo missions happened in this photo tour.
The Apollo 13 mission was aborted before the landing attempt, but the crew returned safely to Earth. The four subsequent Apollo missions (14 through 17) included successful Moon landings. The last three of these were J-class missions that included the use of Lunar Rovers. The last Apollo ...
The 1.1 gram piece of moon rock was on display Thursday at an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the last of the U.S. Apollo lunar landings, and the Artemis mission — whose Orion capsule is on its way back to Earth after orbiting the moon. “We have the moon rock...
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However, it was the all-important Saturn V that was so necessary for the moon mission. A calculated risk followed in November 1967, with the entire Apollo/Saturn combination. Another test took place in April 1968, and even though there were some anomalies, NASA declared the test program compl...