— -- It's been forty years since Neil Armstrong "giant leap" onto the surface of the moon. Celebrate the anniversary with this look back at the Apollo program, from the tragedy of the Apollo 1 ...

Apollo 14 became the first (and only) Apollo mission to have its launch delayed by weather, as an afternoon rain shower on Jan. 31, 1971, pushed back the scheduled liftoff by about 40 minutes. But ...

Introduction -- Fire onboard: Apollo 1 -- Death in a fireball: Soyuz 1 -- Nerves like wire rope: Gemini 6A -- Emergency landing in the Pacific: Gemini 8 -- Death at supersonic speed: X-15 -- Odyssey ...

Apollo 13 was meant to be a routine Moon mission but became a fight for survival. This documentary explores the crisis, the ingenuity, and the rescue that made history.

Handout/NASA/AFP US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, NASA announced ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell reads the news after his crew returned safely to Earth from a failed Moon mission in 1970 - Copyright NASA/AFP/File Handout Astronaut Jim Lovell ...

US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 Moon mission which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, NASA announced Friday.

US astronaut Jim Lovell, the commander of the Apollo 13 mission to the Moon which nearly ended in disaster in 1970 after a mid-flight explosion, has died at the age of 97, NASA announced Friday.