Apollo mission commanders, primarily focused on mission duties, generally exhibited minimal post-flight personality changes. In contrast, lunar module pilots frequently experienced significant ...

On July 31, 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts drove on the moon for the first time. David Scott, the commander of Apollo 15, and James Irwin, the lunar module pilot explored the moon for three days by ...

On Dec. 11, 1972, Apollo 17 became the last mission to launch humans on the moon. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] With two astronauts on board, the lunar module Challenger touched ...

Russell “Rusty” Schweickart was among the first astronauts in space and the first to pilot the lunar module during the Apollo 9 mission in March 1969 that laid the foundation for humans to walk on the ...

Fifty-five years ago today, humans landed on the Moon. On the mission were three American pilots, all military pilots who had served as combat or test pilots before heading to space. Apollo 11’s lunar ...

In July 1969, the world watched and listened as Charlie Duke, CapCom for Apollo 11, counted down the lunar module and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first touched down on the moon. As Armstrong ...

Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to painting to chronicle the moon landings on canvas, has died. He was 86. Bean was the lunar module ...

“I am very saddened to learn of the passing of Neil Armstrong today. Neil and I trained together as technical partners but were also good friends who will always be connected through our participation ...

CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (WHNT) — 56 years ago today, the Apollo 10 “dress rehearsal” mission launched into space to set up the Apollo 11 moon landing mission a month later. Apollo 10 launched from Cape ...

On this day in aviation and space history, 57 years ago (October 10, 1968), NASA launched Apollo 7-the first successful crewed mission of the Apollo program. At precisely 15:02:45 UTC, a Saturn IB ...