Apollo 13, a drama that riveted the world at the ... the first American to orbit Earth on Feb. 20, 1962. In 1969, Neil Armstrong, the commander of Apollo 11, became the first human to walk on ...

Blackbird gets all the press, the rocket-powered X-15 has its own richly deserved place in the aviation history record books: ...

America’s newest space heroes ended man’s greatest and most dangerous space adventure when their sturdy six-ton spaceship ...

It was the debut crew mission of the Apollo program which put the first man (Neil Armstrong) on the Moon in 1969 ... Moon-bound crew for the second time as commander of the Apollo 13 mission. This ...

Additionally, two Apollo 13 astronauts received unnumbered editions ... These will be selected by Mark Armstrong, Neil’s son. He adds, “This watch, which my father liked to wear on special occasions, ...

It was the opening scene of the 1995 feature film "Apollo 13" and was recreated for the Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man" more than 20 years later. It was one of the catalysts for the Soviet Union ...

The documentary tells the story of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee, who died after a fire erupted in their spacecraft on the launch pad. It was the opening scene of the 1995 feature film ...

Neil Armstrong was appreciative ... Apollo 9 and the mid-flight explosion-plagued Apollo 13, as well as concept logos for rockets from when McClelland worked at the Martin Company (later Martin ...

Apollo 13 was to be the third mission to land on ... a total of 12 astronauts had touched down on the lunar surface. Neil Armstrong made history by becoming the first person to set foot on the ...