On March 3, 1969, Apollo 9 launched three astronauts on the first crewed test flight of NASA’s lunar module, which astronauts later used to land on the moon. Astronauts James McDivitt, David Scott and ...

Apollo 9 commander Jim McDivitt, as seen on board the command module "Gumdrop" in March 1969. Former NASA astronaut James McDivitt, who commanded the first U.S. mission to conduct a spacewalk before ...

All but one of the Apollo program’s used lunar modules either crashed into the Moon’s surface or burned up in Earth’s atmosphere. Apollo 10’s lunar module, Snoopy, is still out there, drifting ...

Former NASA astronaut James McDivitt, who commanded the first U.S. mission to conduct a spacewalk before leading the first test flight of the Apollo moon lander in Earth orbit, has died at the age of ...

Washington – James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s Gemini ...

[Mike Stewart] powers up a thrust meter from an Apollo lunar module. This bit of kit passed inspection on September 25, 1969. Fortunately [Mike] was able to dig up some old documentation which ...

Lunar module pilots Charlie Duke, Harrison Schmitt and Rusty Schweickart served as 2023 grand marshals in Washington, DC parade. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Fifty-five years ago today, humans landed on the Moon. On the mission were three American pilots, all military pilots who had served as combat or test pilots before heading to space. Apollo 11’s lunar ...

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A Feb. 21 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows a photo of an astronaut standing on the moon near an American flag, a lunar module and a lunar rover. “How did the moon buggy fit inside the ...

Fifty years ago this week, Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt blasted off to the moon on the final mission of the Apollo moon program, Apollo 17. By all accounts, they did not suspect ...