Apollo 13, Earth and Artemis
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For the first time in more than 50 years, humans are once again venturing to the Moon. Nasa’s Artemis program had sent four astronauts aboard the Orio.
But Apollo 13 was never supposed to set a record. The crew were just trying to get home, and their only way back to Earth was the long way around the Moon.
What began as a mission to land on the moon became history’s most harrowing space rescue after a technical failure forced the crew of Apollo 13 into a 200,000-mile race for survival.
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Apollo 13 rescue that could have ended in disaster
Jim Lovell remembers the Apollo 13 mission as one of the most intense rescue stories in space history, when everything changed after a near-catastrophic failure. It is a powerful look at survival, teamwork,
The Artemis II astronauts have completed their record-breaking trip around the moon. Monday’s lunar journey comes after Artemis II surpassed Apollo 13’s distance record.
The Artemis II crew has now traveled farther from Earth than any other human ever on its way to the moon. At 1:57 p.m. on Monday Artemis II's astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft,
The events serve as the official lead-up to the Downtown Hays Science Festival, scheduled for Sunday, May 3. To ensure an intimate experience, attendance for the Adventures in Space events are strictly limited to 100 participants per session.
Artemis II's grand moon finale is almost here with a Pacific splashdown to cap NASA's lunar comeback
Their dramatic grand finale fast approaching, Artemis II’s astronauts aimed for a splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity’s first voyage to the moon in more than half a century. The tension in Mission Control mounted as the miles melted away between the four returning astronauts and