Apollo 8: The First Time Humanity Left Home
In December 1968, three astronauts became the first human beings ever to leave Earth. Apollo 8 didn't land...
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Explore the missions, moments, and milestones that shaped space history.
Apollo 13: The Successful Failure
Two hundred thousand miles from Earth, an oxygen tank exploded — and a Moon landing became a rescue.
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The Saturn V: The Most Powerful Machine Ever Built
363 feet tall, 7.5 million pounds of thrust — the Saturn V remains the benchmark every rocket since...
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Skylab: America's First Home in Space
Built from a leftover Moon rocket, nearly destroyed on launch day, and saved by the first great repair...
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Artemis: Why We're Going Back to the Moon
Apollo went to the Moon to prove we could. Artemis is going back to stay.
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SLS and Orion: The Hardware Taking Us Back
Half a century after the Saturn V, America built a Moon rocket again. Here's how SLS and Orion...
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Artemis II: The First Crew Around the Moon in Over 50 Years
No human being has traveled to the Moon's neighborhood since Apollo 17 in 1972. Artemis II ends that...
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Bumper 8: The First Launch From Cape Canaveral
Before the gantries and countdown clocks, there was a painted scaffold in the palmetto scrub and a rocket...
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