Three astronauts died in a fire during an Apollo 1 test. The fire was caused by a faulty spacecraft design and pure oxygen atmosphere. The tragedy led to significant safety improvements in spacecraft ...

“It’s a terrific tribute of course to the way all progress is made,” Rusty Schweickart said of the film. Apollo 9 astronaut and longtime Sonoma resident Rusty Schweickart spoke to a sold-out crowd ...

For many, it's common knowledge that the Apollo 11 mission successfully landed on the moon, but the technology that got them ...

Crew members of NASA's Apollo 1 mission were honored this week at the Arlington National Cemetery for the tragedy that was the first in American space program history. More than half a century ago, a ...

A monument now stands in memory of the first astronauts to die in their spacecraft, 55 years after a fire on the launchpad claimed their lives. Family members of the fallen Apollo 1 crew came together ...

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This review of “Apollo 10 1/2” was first published on March 13, after its screening at SXSW. Richard Linklater digs into his own salad days for “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood,” an animated ...

"It was just so exciting to be alive then, especially being a kid." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Before launching the Apollo ...

Genre is mostly a matter of marketing, but great filmmakers nonetheless use its labels to toy daringly with expectations, as Richard Linklater does in his new film, “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age ...

The Animation branch reversed its decision after earlier disqualifying the rotoscoped movie, which rankled many animation professionals in October. After no small controversy and outcry, the Oscars ...

Growing up in the NASA hub of Houston, Richard Linklater remembers the pervasive impact the first moon landing had on his childhood. He fuses those memories with fantasy in his new movie, the animated ...

Private equity giant Apollo Global Management is reportedly weighing a sale of AOL after receiving unsolicited bids that could value the onetime internet pioneer at around $1.5 billion. Talks are in ...