After Apollo 11 reached the Moon, NASA pushed deeper into the unknown with riskier landings and more ambitious scientific ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Handout of Apollo 13 astronaut Lovell, former NASA Administrator Goldin, Sen. Glenn and NASA Administrator Bolden talk ...

When Apollo 13 Went Dark, a Mechanical Wrist watch Saved the Mission. After an explosion crippled their spacecraft, the crew ...

Apollo 13 became NASA’s most famous survival crisis after an oxygen tank explosion crippled the mission on the way to the ...

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Keeping the production nominal and on track in an official advisory role was NASA living legend Gerry Griffin. The former Johnson ...

More than 55 years ago, three Apollo 13 astronauts en route to the moon had to abandon plans to reach the lunar surface when their spacecraft encountered troubles. The astronauts' perilous journey ...

The astronauts' perilous journey back to Earth was recounted in "Apollo 13," a star-studded film released in 1995 starring Tom Hanks. To mark the Oscar-winning film's 30th anniversary, Universal ...

The late astronaut died in Lake Forest, Ill. on Thursday, Aug. 7 Bettmann/Getty Astronaut James Lovell Jr. died in Lake Forest, Ill., on Thursday, Aug. 7 His family confirmed his death in a statement ...

James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA ...