'We could have lost the Apollo 11 crew:' A once-classified anomaly nearly killed NASA's first moon astronauts, a new book reveals

A new book about the Apollo program, "Eight Years to the Moon," suggests that a rogue space module nearly crashed into an astronaut space capsule.
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The Apollo–Soyuz Legacy Lives On, Fifty Years Later

On this date in 1975, a Soviet and an American shook hands. Even for the time period, this wouldn’t have been a big deal if it wasn’t for the fact that it happened approximately 220 kilometers (136 ...
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Famed NASA astronaut and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell has died at age 97

Jim Lovell, an astronaut best known as the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13, has died. He was 97. NASA announced his death Friday and included this statement from his family: “We are enormously ...
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How the apollo spacecraft operates

It was a three-day journey to get back home from the moon! After reentry and splashdown, the astronauts were picked up by an aircraft carrier. This video has been dubbed in over 20 languages, and you ...
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Michigan, Purdue share a long NASA legacy. These astronauts were Wolverines or Boilermakers.

From Neil Armstrong to an all UM crew on an Apollo mission, the University of Michigan and Purdue University both featured large in the advent of space travel.
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Apollo Space Suit Testing Photographs [Masiello]

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1966, Leonard N. "Lenny" Masiello was an employee of Hamilton Standard who was asked to assist in testing the Apollo space suit. This ...
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Apollo 13 made Jim Lovell a legend generations after the space race

Recently, yet another Apollo astronaut, Jim Lovell, passed on. Lovell’s fame was as defined by his role as a pop culture icon as it was by his astronaut heroics. Everybody who came of age during the ...