Click to open image viewer. Apollo 8 was launched on December 21, 1968, and was the first manned Saturn V launch. The crew was Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot was James Lovell, and the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This medical accessory kit was stowed ...

During a routine ground test in January 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were sealed inside their Apollo command module when a sudden fire erupted inside the oxygen-filled ...

The Bangladesh-linked terror module associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba established a base in Kolkata and printed anti-India posters there before circulating them in ...

University of North Dakota provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Throughout February 2026, people at the Kennedy Space Center got to witness an exciting sight: NASA’s behemoth Space ...

Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Sally Ride, and maybe if you’re a big fan of NASA, John Glenn or Alan Shepard, or Mae Jemison. That’s what most people would call the Mount Rushmore of NASA astronauts. It ...