Bell 47 helicopter supported NASA's Apollo-era LLRV tests, providing chase support and helping train astronauts for safe ...

Inside mission control during the dramatic rescue of Apollo 13. On April 17, 1970, the command module for the Apollo 13 spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean near the Samoan Islands with ...

It may be easy to forget, but Apollo 11 didn't have just 10 test flights before it. The Apollo flights before No. 11--when Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins were strapped in for the ride--were all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On April 4, 1968, NASA launched the final uncrewed test flight of its Saturn V rocket. The Apollo 6 mission demonstrated that the ...

The Apollo 13 mission was to land on the moon for a third, but it soon turned into a rescue mission. An oxygen tank exploded aboard the spacecraft, causing both the crew on board and ground control to ...