Apollo 12 splashed down safely on November 24, 1969, but four days earlier, part of the spacecraft never made it home. In an official report on the mission of Apollo 12 (December 1969) published by ...

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham orbited the earth for ten days in an Apollo command-service ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Now, more than half a century later, the crew's historic mission is capturing the public's attention again — not because of what ...

Introduction]The beautiful moon floating in the night sky. Have you ever dreamed of visiting that place?More than half a century ago, humanity turned that dream into reality. Its name was "The Apollo ...

[Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969. Fortunately [Mike] was able to dig up some old documentation which ...