Repeated wind checks. Dozens of laps to gain altitude. A rising aircraft accompanied by a rising feeling of hypoxia. Oh, and there's a hole in the plane where there should be a door.

Command module pilot Jack Swigert uttered the famous words to Mission Control Center which have often been misquoted.

Astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died in Illinois, his family announced. Lovell, 97, ...

James Lovell, a member of humanity’s first trip to the moon and commander of NASA’s ill-fated Apollo 13 mission, has died at ...

On July 31, 1945, the Project Alberta team on Tinian, working with the 509th Composite Group, conducted a complete dress ...

Jim’s character and steadfast courage helped our nation reach the Moon and turned a potential tragedy into a success from ...

The Earliwoods didn’t recognize that they would be outsiders forever, people denigrated for being unable to hold on to a ...

In August 1945, the two successful war-ending bombing missions on Hiroshima and Nagasaki resulted from top-secret training ...

Sitting pretty in Champaign County, roughly 14 miles north of Urbana-Champaign, this unassuming town offers a delightful blend of history, small-town charm, and attractions that won’t have you ...

Many of the agencies that had filled the International Federal Pavilion for decades did not appear at all, and the entire ...

It just goes to show that if you need a VTOL, it's probably best to ask the British. Just ask the US Marines who're only now ...

During the Vietnam War, Al Michaels, 82, was one of approximately 3,400 Dustoff helicopter crew members responsible for evacuating around 900,000 soldiers and civilians.