Good landing, Pete! Outstanding, man! Beautiful!” With those words, Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean congratulated Apollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad moments after one of the most precise landings in the ...

November 14th is a day rich with history, marked by events that have shaped the course of nations, ignited scientific ...

Fifty-five years after Apollo 12 was struck by lightning on its way to the Moon, its blend of peril, humor, and hidden art ...

On Nov. 14, 1910, Eugene B. Ely became the first aviator to take off from a ship as his Curtiss “Pusher” biplane lifted off ...

The Apollo School, on Southeast Apollo Street, was a grade school for 37 years — from 1925-1962, when it became a thrift shop. The building later fell into disrepair until organizers bought it and six ...

These digits may seem like a random number sequence, but for a select few people in this country's history, they mean everything. More than 400,000 people worked tirelessly to put astronauts Neil ...

Today marks the anniversary of the Apollo 12 launch. What better way to celebrate than with historical women, some of whom ...

The Ambassador of Exploration Award recognizes the sacrifices and dedication of the Apollo, Gemini and Mercury astronauts. Each astronaut or their surviving families will be presented a lunar sample, ...

As NASA and SpaceX prepare for the first astronaut launch from U.S. soil in nearly a decade, it’s important to understand how far human spaceflight has come since the first space explorer. Leading up ...

There are few cultural institutions in the United States to rival the importance of The Apollo Theater in Harlem. For going on a hundred years the 1,500-seat venue has showcased the foremost ...

Tourists sparked outrage after climbing on the historically significant, protected monument of Apollo Hylates Sanctuary in ...

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and the Apollo Theater have partnered on A Marvelous Night at the Apollo, a one-hour digital special celebrating the historic theater and its connection to the Amazon series.