On Dec. 7, 1972, NASA launched the last crew to land on the moon with the Apollo 17 mission. Three NASA astronauts flew to the moon that day: Gene Cernan was the commander, Ronald Evans was the ...

When people think of NASA, despite all the work it does monitoring the Earth's climate and exploring the bodies of the Solar System, most people's minds go to the Apollo era, when the US space agency ...

(CNN) — Famed NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, who commanded the harrowing Apollo 13 mission that was forced to abandon a lunar landing attempt in 1970, has died. He was 97. Lovell died on August 7 in Lake ...

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 ...

America's oldest living astronaut and Apollo 13 mission leader Jim Lovell has died. He was 97. Lovell's death was confirmed by NASA Friday in a press release that indicates Lovell died Thursday Aug. 7 ...