On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 crew left Earth on a Saturn V rocket. Fifty-two years later at 88-years-old, Apollo 13 astronaut, and Lunar Module Pilot Fred Haise, remembers those harrowing moments, ...

As promised in my story in today's Extra section, here is a more complete transcript of my Sept. 11 interview with Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell. He's a truly fascinating ...

The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there ...

Harrison “Jack” Schmitt is the only geologist to have gone prospecting on the moon. As a crew member of Apollo 17, he was also the last person to leave footprints in the lunar soil. In part one of a ...

He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and an author took him around the world. By Robert D.

NASA’s Apollo Program began with bold ambition but was nearly derailed by tragedy. From the fatal Apollo 1 fire to the triumph of Apollo 8, this is the gripping story of how America reached for the ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Those who planned, ran and piloted the Apollo Program will be venerated Saturday at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for the "Legacy of Apollo" gala celebration. The museum will host ...

Former NASA astronaut James McDivitt, who commanded the first U.S. mission to conduct a spacewalk before leading the first test flight of the Apollo moon lander in Earth orbit, has died at the age of ...

James A. Lovell Jr., the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, led the three man crew, narrowly surviving a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970. By Jamie Leventhal He led the three-man crew ...

San Diego Air & Space Museum. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Those who planned, ran, and piloted the Apollo Program will be venerated Saturday at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for the ...