Michigan is sure to see the Apollo Command Module flanking the front entrance. Right now it’s being used as a different kind of capsule: a time capsule they’ll open in 2076 (the American ...

As Apollo 7's mission was coming to an end after 11 days in space, the crew prepared the Command Module (CM) for re-entry.

On this date in 1967, a flash fire onboard the Apollo 1 capsule during a test procedure claimed the lives of three astronauts.

Orion’s reentry followed a sharply angled trajectory ... NASA used the same heat shield design for Orion as the Apollo capsule. But during the Apollo missions, the char structure didn’t ...

The post NASA pushes first Moon landing since Apollo era to 2027 appeared first ... NASA on Artemis 1 performed something called a skip reentry - the capsule "dips" into the atmosphere briefly ...

CAPE KENNEDY -- America's first three Apollo astronauts died only 218 feet off the ground Friday night in a blazing explosion inside their space capsule atop its launch pad. An electrical spark ...

Courtesy photo Estella Koch helps to prepare the Apollo capsule for transportation to the restoration location. A 9,000-pound cone-shaped hunk of metal rusting away on a Mercer County farm for ...

Navy Seal frogman to astronaut William Anders, explaining his reaction to opening the Apollo 8 capsule The Apollo 8 mission made history and its crew were rightfully honored as the bravest of ...