Lovell was a veteran of four spaceflights, including Apollo 13, during which he and his crewmates famously averted disaster.

Astronaut James Lovell, who was commander of the 1970 Apollo 13 mission that managed to get back to earth safely after an ...

Of the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s, just six remain.

"For our manned space missions, we must ensure that astronauts land on the lunar surface very comfortably and smoothly." ...

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer ended its mission to the moon on July 31. Despite extensive efforts, mission operators were unable ...

NASA's Lunar Trailblazer mission to the moon ended in failure after contact with was lost a day after the launch in February ...

On Aug. 9, 1976, the Soviet space program launched its last moon mission. Luna 24 was a robotic sample return mission and the ...

Nuclear reactors in space may sound like something out of science fiction, but they are likely to prove important for ...