Apollo 13 went down in history as a successful ... degrees Fahrenheit temperatures that are expected during re-entry, then the capsule will splash down safely in the Pacific Ocean to be picked ...

The crew of Apollo 8 had a lot of things on their ... by attempting what flight engineers call a “skip entry.” When the Orion capsule enters the 24 km-wide keyhole in the atmosphere it will ...

In April 1967, just a few months after the Apollo 1 capsule fire, cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov of the former Soviet Union died when the parachute on his capsule failed on re-entry. And he reportedly ...

April 21 (UPI) --SpaceX launched its Bandwagon-3 mission into orbit Monday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, with more satellites on board and a re-entry capsule that will ...

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 ...

The report, an audit assessing NASA’s readiness to undertake Artemis II, noted the capsule hadn’t held up well upon re-entry during the ... the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.

While their capsule pitched in ... Astronaut recovery during Apollo 11 was like a highly choreographed fishing trip, albeit one involving high-stakes re-entry calculations and weather concerns.

In one especially hairy moment, Buzz Aldrin spotted an anomaly that could have killed not only the entire crew of Apollo 11 ... the Command Module ready for re-entry. The last thing you want ...