On March 3, 1969, NASA launched the Apollo 9 mission to test the first crewed Lunar Module spacecraft that would pave the way for future moon landings. See how the mission worked in photos here. This ...

First crewed flight of all Apollo lunar hardware in Earth’s orbit and first crewed flight of the lunar module. The crucial test involved the lunar module demonstrating its descent and ascent ...

On February 26, 1966, NASA launched its new Saturn IB rocket on its first test flight. Also known as the Uprated Saturn I, the Saturn IB was built for the Apollo program. With a more powerful upper ...

Though NASA expected their complicated machines would not always work right, the first deaths in the space program still came as a shock -- because the fatal mishap occurred on the ground. Gus Grissom ...

In a year when we’ll celebrate Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary, it’s worth remembering the pathfinders who completed the same mission with one critical order: don’t actually land on the moon. The command ...

Apollo 14 isn’t a mission that jumps to the fore of most peoples’ minds. It didn’t break ground like Apollo 11, which landed the first humans on the moon. And it didn’t cause the stir of Apollo 13, a ...

Fifty years ago, a space mission lifted off that would change our world forever. Born in the depths of the Cold War and launched at a time of national turmoil, Apollo 8 was more than a great ...

Snoopy, the 50-year-old NASA lunar module that helped with the first Moon landing during the Apollo 10 mission, may have been found by an amateur team of astronomers. Nick Howes, a member of the team, ...

The present lot is located in artnet's headquarters in New York. Please message the specialist if you would like to schedule a private viewing. The present image, from the Apollo 17 Mission in 1972, ...