This Smithsonian Snapshot marks the May 18, 1969, launch of the Apollo 10 mission. The Apollo 10 spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedy at 12:49 p.m. EST with commander Thomas Stafford, command module ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Apollo 10 Space Meal, 1969 This week’s Smithsonian Snapshot marks the May 18, 1969, launch of the Apollo 10 mission. The Apollo 10 spacecraft ...

Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, who commanded a dress rehearsal flight for the 1969 moon landing and the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, died Monday. He was 93. Stafford, a retired Air Force three-star ...

For Peanuts' 75th anniversary, see how Snoopy's 55+ year NASA partnership - from Apollo 10 and the Silver Snoopy to Artemis I ...

Recently discovered recordings of the Apollo 10 mission reveal the astronauts in 1969 were hearing mysterious music, declassified transcripts reveal. When the spacecraft was around the dark side of ...

CHICAGO — James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly, can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Ill ...

(LAKE FOREST, Ill) -- Jim Lovell, the commander of the famed Apollo 13 mission, has died, according to NASA. He was 97. "We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four ...