The recent death of Margaret Hamilton merited a pause. Hamilton was the head of the programming team that developed software for the onboard computers for the Apollo missions. One was in the module ...

[Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969. Fortunately [Mike] was able to dig up some old documentation which ...

All but one of the Apollo program’s used lunar modules either crashed into the Moon’s surface or burned up in Earth’s atmosphere. Apollo 10’s lunar module, Snoopy, is still out there, drifting ...

While you probably already know about the Apollo 11 moon landing, you may be surprised to learn that NASA's Apollo Program ran from 1962 to 1972 and included 14 total missions, six of which were lunar ...

The Apollo 11 lunar module is on the left, at its forever resting spot on the Moon. On the right is Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 Moonwalk on July 20, 1969. The famous portrait was captured by ...