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Happy Birthday, Kennedy Space Center! On July 1, 1962, NASA established the Launch Operations Center — which was later renamed the Kennedy Space Center — on the east coast of Florida. After President ...
Apollo 11's Saturn V rocket needed a lot of power to launch into orbit and reach the Moon. Here's what engines the spacecraft used to accomplish its mission.
The Motor City Moonwatch While it’s safe to say that Shinola’s new watch takes some inspiration from the Omega Speedmaster — it’s an Apollo 11-themed hand-wound chronograph — the watch is not a copy.
Greg Berlanti's Apollo 11 crowd-pleaser 'Fly Me to the Moon' is the rare 21st-century rom-com to boast the brains and heart to support repeat viewing.
The United States Mint says they will open sales for rolls and bags containing the second American Innovation $1 Coin of 2024 on April 8 at 11 a.m.
The United States Mint is getting ready to put a rocket in your pocket. Alabama chose NASA's historic Saturn V to appear on a $1 coin as its example of American Innovation.
On Jan. 27, 1967, Apollo 1 was set up for a launch rehearsal test at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee made up the first crew in the Apollo program.
Six months ago, Barber unveiled an Apollo 13 monument of Swigert, James Lovell, and Fred Haise at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, completed thanks to $750,000 from Grainger Industrial Supply.
New PinkSale Launchpad Token: 'Baby Apollo Coin' is Minted & Presale Date AnnouncedSPOKANE, Wash., March 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The team of professional Washington state developers that brought ...
Michael Olson was awarded the U.S. Mint Director's Award earlier this year for proposing the mints issue the coins in honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing after the Apollo 11 mission ...
Editor's note, April 28, 2021: In light of the recent death of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, we are resurfacing this interview that ran commemorating the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing.
Sen. Sanders could not be clearer in his desire to tax away all of the resources Elon Musk and others are using to build and fly rockets and instead apply them to social problems.