In 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard hit two golf balls on the moon with an improvised six-iron: Both remain there 55 years later

During the Apollo 14 mission, commander Alan Shepard famously struck two golf balls on the Moon, using a specially designed ...
Time

Setting of the Moon: Apollo 17, Forty Years Later

Schmitt is seen collecting Moon samples by a large lunar boulder, with part of the Lunar Rover in the foreground. Apollo 17, the sixth and last manned mission to the Moon, with astronauts Eugene ...
Astronomy

How did walking on the Moon affect the Apollo astronauts?

Strange as it may sound, where the astronauts sat (or “sat” – the crew actually stood) in the Apollo Lunar Module may have profoundly impacted the way the experience of walking on the Moon affected ...
Los Angeles Times

Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97

CHICAGO — 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. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, ...
abc7NY

Apollo 11 anniversary: Watch Apollo 11 moonwalk as it happened

This video combines actual Mission Control audio with a 1969 ABC News simulation to show how the Apollo 11 moon landing unfolded. A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, ...
Orlando Sentinel

Apollo 11 moon landing was 55 years ago today. Here’s how to celebrate

CAPE CANAVERAL — The cosmos is providing a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing this weekend, and plenty of other events honor Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s giant leap.