Stare into the open hatch of Odyssey, the scarred Apollo 13 command module in which three American astronauts made their improbable return to Earth from a seemingly jinxed lunar mission, ...
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy stood before a joint session of Congress and challenged America to land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. “No single space project in this period ...
This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon mission, which saw human beings walk on the surface of the moon for the very first time. This mission was, without a doubt, one of ...
The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia—with its strangely beautiful charred orange exterior—has been on display behind Plexiglas at the Smithsonian Institution since 1970. After 46 years, you might ...
The Smithsonian has added the Cincinnati Museum Center as the fifth and final stop on the national tour of “Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission.” The exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of ...
2019 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 space mission, in which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the Moon. In celebration of this anniversary, the ...