In this historic photo from the U.S. space agency, the Apollo 16 Command and Service Module (CSM) "Casper" approaches the Lunar Module (LM). The two spacecraft were about to make their final ...

This was the designation that the crew wanted to use for the first test flight (originally called AS-204) of the Apollo command and service modules (CSM). On Jan. 27, 1967, a fire on the launch pad ...

The S-IVB rocket stage played several important roles in NASA's 1960s and 1970s manned space programs. The 58.4-foot-long, 21.7-foot-wide stage, which comprised a single restartable J-2 rocket engine, ...

On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy stood before a joint session of Congress and challenged America to land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. “No single space project in this period ...

America's first astronaut-ready spacecraft in eight years is currently being put through its paces in an unmanned test flight to the ISS, but 50 years ago, another spacecraft was undergoing an even ...

• U.S. astronauts landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969. • An estimated half billion television viewers--at that time, the largest audience ever-watched. • Neil Armstrong descended from the lunar module ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In the December 1972 issue of Popular Science, writer Alden P ...