OTD In Space - December 21: Apollo 8 Launches to the Moon

On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo ...
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Command Module, Apollo 11

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Command Module, Apollo 13

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Apollo 13, the third scheduled manned ...
Space.com

The Apollo Program: How NASA sent astronauts to the moon

An overview of the history and accomplishments of NASA's Apollo missions. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Apollo program was ...
PBS

The Apollo Missions

Though NASA expected their complicated machines would not always work right, the first deaths in the space program still came as a shock -- because the fatal mishap occurred on the ground. Gus Grissom ...
USA Today

Flat Earth claim misrepresents purpose of Apollo lunar module | Fact check

A Dec. 7 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of a stealth bomber in flight and another image of the bulky Apollo 11 lunar module on the moon's surface. The bomber is labeled, ...
Ars Technica

Michael Collins, who piloted the Apollo 11 command module, has died

Michael Collins—a two-time astronaut who piloted the command module during the historic Apollo 11 mission that landed the first humans on the Moon—died on Wednesday after battling cancer, his family ...