With two months to go before flight, the Apollo 13 prime crew of James Lovell, Thomas Mattingly, Fred Haise, and backups John ...
Jan. 31 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1917, Germany announces it will wage unrestricted submarine warfare against all ships, including passenger carriers, in war-zone waters. Advertisement ...
In 1971, Apollo 14, the third U.S. mission to land on the moon, blasted off using a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Commander Alan Shepard and lunar module pilot Edgar ...
Edgar Mitchell standing next to the American flag. Image: NASA Apollo 14, launched on January 31, thus became the third Moon landing mission since Apollo 11 led by Neil Armstrong. NASA says the ...
Apollo 14 lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 1971 on the first crewed mission to the Moon’s highlands. (NASA Image) BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Apollo 14 launched from NASA’s ...
British start-up, Apollo Instruments, has meticulously recreated the computer from NASA's 1960s Apollo spacecraft in ...
The Apollo era was defined by ambition, success, and unexpected challenges. While NASA’s focus shifted after Apollo 11, the near-catastrophic Apollo 13 mission became one of history’s greatest ...
This could be a big deal. The network, designed by Nokia Bell Labs, could mark the beginning of a new era in space ...
Apollo 14, and Apollo 17 missions. Oscar Fuentes-Muñoz, co-author of the study, explained the significance of the asteroid's movement. "Space junk and space rocks move slightly differently in space.
More specifically, The space rock's spectra most closely matched moon samples brought to Earth by the Apollo 14 mission, leading scientists to posit that it may have originated from lunar highlands.