The space agency on Friday (June 1) unveiled its logo for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Program.From October 2018 through December 2022, NASA will celebrate a half century since astronauts ...

NASA’s Project Apollo logo was adopted in 1965 based on design input from its employees and contractors. (Image credit: NASA) Named after the mythological Greek goddess of the moon who was also ...

NASA knew the dangers of a pressurized oxygen environment, which has prompted conspiracy theorists to suggest that the space agency intentionally put the Apollo 1 crew in danger. But this was ...

NASA's first major disaster, the Apollo 1 fire that killed three astronauts 45 years ago today, marked a dark day for the space agency. But it also marked the beginning of NASA's continual process ...

One of the early Apollo astronauts has died. Walt Cunningham died Tuesday after complications from a fall. He was 90. Walt Cunningham flew in space just one time. His flight in 1968 was an ...

Through tragedy the Apollo 1 crew sparked change and were instrumental in the future success of Apollo 11’s 1969 lunar landing. “It’s a terrific tribute of course to the way all progress is ...