Apollo mission commanders, primarily focused on mission duties, generally exhibited minimal post-flight personality changes. In contrast, lunar module pilots frequently experienced significant ...

A Dec. 7 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of a stealth bomber in flight and another image of the bulky Apollo 11 lunar module on the moon's surface. The bomber is labeled, ...

Nov. 2 (UPI) --Thomas K. Mattingly, the U.S. astronaut who circled the moon as command module pilot on NASA's Apollo 16 mission, is dead at age 87, the space agency announced Thursday. "We lost one of ...

The Apollo missions showed exact science at work. Each part needed to be close to perfection from start to finish. NASA succeeded with 1960s tools—a remarkable feat. Though it was still cutting-edge ...

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Mattingly also commanded two space shuttle missions, logging a total of 21 days off Earth. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For ...

Leading up to the historic 1969 Apollo 11 mission, ABC News built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface. See more of the ...

Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, lunar module pilot on Apollo 14, passed away Thursday in West Palm Beach, Florida, on the eve of the 45th anniversary of his lunar landing. Mitchell joined Apollo 14 ...

Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA’s Apollo program, died Tuesday in Houston. He was 90. NASA confirmed Cunningham’s death in a ...

Astronaut Ken Mattingly served as command module pilot for Apollo 16 and spacecraft commander for space shuttle missions STS-4 and STS 51-C. [Courtesy: NASA] Former NASA astronaut Ken Mattingly II, ...