ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The crew of the USS Hornet had just finished a tour of duty destroying mines in Vietnam and when it got the call in early June of 1969. It was a totally different assignment that ...
The Apollo 11 mission to the moon is one of the most intense stories of survival. The whole trip was nearly a disaster, and somehow the astronauts managed to make their way back to earth and not get ...
The celebrated Earthrise picture was captured by Apollo 8 on Christmas Eve 1968. Story Humanity has changed an awful lot in the past 58 Years. The moon? Not so much. It was in 1968 that astronauts ...
Michael Collins, an astronaut who in 1969 was a part of the mission that brought humans to the moon for the first time has died, according to a statement from his family. He was 90. According to the ...
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Collins had the spotlight to himself this time — ...