If everything goes to plan, NASA’s giant Space Launch System rocket will launch in early February with four astronauts ...

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is unveiling a new Apollo 8 exhibit, commemorating one of the most daring space missions and the USS Yorktown’s essential role in its dramatic recovery. Launched ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - The first manned mission to the moon returned to earth on December 27, 1968. Apollo 8’s crew did not walk on the moon’s surface, but Frank Borman, William Anders, and James Lovell ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — On December 27, 1968, the Apollo 8 mission returned safely to Earth after a record six days in space. Apollo 8 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Dec. 21, 1968. It had ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Dec. 25, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. December 1968 was a difficult time for many in the ...

Space.com reports that the Apollo 8 moonshot saved 1968, looking back at the first crewed mission to orbit the moon and asking if a similar mission today could have the same meaning. In December 1968, ...

(WPTA) - On December 24, 19-68, Apollo 8 became the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon, commanded by Gary native Frank Borman. Apollo 8 rocketed off three days earlier. On this day, the three ...

Meteorologist Zack Webster adds up the number of tornadoes reported in Southeast Alabama in January since 1950. As the threat of tornadoes becomes more common in the new year, Meteorologist Zack ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — In what would become one of the most watched television events of its time, the three astronauts of Apollo 8 offered humanity a profound Christmas gift: a live broadcast from lunar ...

Some time next year Artemis II will blast off and carry a crew of four on a shakedown cruise to the moon. They will not land but will spend 10 days testing the systems needed to return humans to the ...

WATCH: On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon. Commander Frank Borman closed the broadcast with the ...