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Welcome to Edition 8.02 of the Rocket Report! It's worth taking a moment to recognize an important anniversary in the history ...
The Apollo spacecraft, designed by NASA for the iconic Apollo missions, played a pivotal role in one of humanity’s greatest ...
On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 capsule splashed down, and the astronauts were brought to the USS Hornet. "This year, on ...
The Apollo command module was built to be about 110% of the real thing and could come apart in multiple ways to enable filming both inside and outside the replica spacecraft for the penultimate ...
The Science Museum in London is closing its almost 40-year-old 'Exploring Space' gallery to establish a new 'Space' gallery opening this fall.
Kluger, who has written about the Apollo Program, talks about his new book: 'Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, The Untold ...
Apollo 1's Block 1 spacecraft had numerous design flaws and safety issues. A pure oxygen atmosphere inside the capsule created a highly flammable environment. A fire during a test killed ...
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.
This is an unprecedented situation and a big deal,” said Duncan Agnew, a geophysicist at the University of California, San ...
The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Russian capsule that brought Britain's first professional astronaut back to Earth, and the only flown-to-the-moon Apollo command module to be ...