James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.

"Apollo 13," which is heading to IMAX, recounts the perilous 1970 efforts of three astronauts to return to Earth safely ...

Apollo 9 was also the mission that put an end to astronauts being able to name their own spacecraft. Apollo 9 Lunar Module, nicknamed 'spider', taken from the Command Module on March 7, 1969. (NASA) ...

After Apollo 13 had to abort its mission due to an onboard explosion, the three astronauts were forced to pile into the lunar lander as a kind of “lifeboat” until they could get back to Earth.

Armstrong almost died during training for the Apollo 9 mission, Reuters reported. He was “carrying out a simulated lunar module landing” when Armstrong lost control of the vehicle, Reuters ...

By the time Apollo 11 touched down on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969, Strangway was at mission control in Houston communicating directly with the crew, which still thrills his B.C.-based ...