In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts reported mysterious flashes of light with their eyes closed during their journey to the Moon

While resting in the cosmos, Apollo astronauts reported unusual flashes of light disturbing their sleep. These intriguing ...
Aviation Week

Effort Underway To Restore Apollo Mission Control

HOUSTON—Here in Houston, home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC), a funding drive is underway to restore the aging landmark Apollo Mission Control Center (MCC) for enhanced public viewing. The ...
Time

Meet Poppy Northcutt, the Woman Who Helped Bring the Apollo 11 Astronauts Home Safely

Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Staff Writer Frances 'Poppy' Northcutt speaks with a NASA colleague in ...
Phys.org

The stunning astrogeology of the Apollo missions

Neil Armstrong almost made a mistake. He had found an interesting rock sticking out of a formation. Curious to see what the rock was made of, he needed to examine its interior more closely. So he ...
AOL

Slingshot Around the Moon: How Apollo 13 Returned Home

Apollo 13 was supposed to be NASA's third crewed mission to the surface of the moon, but nearly 56 hours into the flight, command module pilot John "Jack" Swigert radioed a troubling message to ...
The New York Times

What’s Inside NASA’s Mission Control

Inside mission control, each desk, or console, is labeled with a neon blue sign and its officers handle a subsystem on the spacecraft carrying the Artemis II crew. This station is the nucleus of the ...
KHQ

Artemis mission shares office space -- and physics -- with Apollo

As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the Moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 years ago. At the ...