July 12, 2019 Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise recounts ill-fated mission: 'We never got to the edge of the cliff' On April 11, 1970, NASA astronaut Fred Haise was preparing to follow in the footsteps of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin and walk on the surface of the Moon.
July 12, 2019 Why is the Apollo Reflector experiment still operating, 50 years later? An epic lunar laser experiment is still going strong, five decades after the Apollo astronauts set it up on the surface.
July 10, 2019 Apollo 11: NASA and the 'lost' Moon landing tapes NASA has responded to recent reports of “lost” Apollo 11 Moon landing tapes, but is adamant that no footage of the historic mission has been lost.
July 9, 2019 Arizona city played critical role in moon exploration history When people think about space missions and moon landings, it's usually Cape Canaveral, Fla., and Houston, Texas, that comes to mind. But Flagstaff, Ariz., has also played a critical role in space exploration.
July 9, 2019 Stunning Apollo 11 cornfield maze depicts Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the Moon A stunning maze depicting Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin has been created in a cornfield to mark the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing.
July 9, 2019 Seven inventions from the Apollo space program we still use today It’s been nearly 50 years since NASA put a man on the moon but many of the technologies invented for the groundbreaking Apollo space program are still used in our lives on Earth today. From the tiny cameras in our cellphones to the heat-proof uniforms used by firefighters to protect them from the dangers of the job — here are seven famous inventions from the 1960s moon shot.
July 9, 2019 Golf on the Moon: How Alan Shepard tricked NASA and hit the most famous shot in history When you think of golf, legendary players like Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Tiger Woods and Bobby Jones may come to mind. None of those legends, however, hit arguably the most fabled shot in history. That distinction belongs to a NASA astronaut.
July 9, 2019 Buzz Aldrin, others tell Apollo's inside story in rare, newly released interviews For the first time, PBS has released rare interviews with the team of astronauts and NASA personnel who brought America to the moon in the 1960s — including one of the first people to walk on the lunar surface.
July 5, 2019 Apollo 11's Michael Collins reflects on historic Moon landing: 'We were just regular astronauts' Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins reflects back on the historic Moon landing as the 50th anniversary approaches.
July 4, 2019 Fly off to Mars at Kennedy Space Center’s Astronaut Training Experience As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, the first manned mission to land on the Moon, Florida’s Kennedy Space Center has opened up its Astronaut Training Experience to the public.