The Apollo lunar missions worked by using a spacecraft in two parts. The Command and Service Module (CSM) and the Lunar Module (LM) traveled together from the launch pad at Cape Kennedy to lunar orbit ...

Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.

American astronaut Michael Collins, who as pilot of the Apollo 11 command module stayed behind on July 20, 1969, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin travelled to the lunar surface to become the first ...

Spacecraft that carried astronauts on the 'dress rehearsal' for the first moon landing was left in orbit around the sun, where it remains today You can save this article by registering for free here.

Strange as it may sound, where the astronauts sat (or “sat” – the crew actually stood) in the Apollo Lunar Module may have profoundly impacted the way the experience of walking on the Moon affected ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Netflix documentary 'Apollo 13: Survival' gives a rare look at Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise’s time in space ...

Leading up to the historic 1969 Apollo 11 mission, ABC News built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface. See more of the ...

In the lead-up to the 50th anniversary of the moon landing by Apollo 11 on July 20th, 1969, we're counting down the events that led up to that historic moment. In the months leading up to the launch ...

The first 'feet' on the Moon during the Apollo landing were Canadian! American president John F. Kennedy was who promised a lunar landing, and it was American astronauts that first walked on the Moon ...

Fifty years on, the Apollo Moon programme is probably still humankind's single greatest technological achievement. On 16 July 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were ...