On this day in 1969, Apollo 12—the second crewed mission to land on the Moon—launched from Cape Kennedy on a mission that almost ended before it truly began.
On Nov. 14, 1910, Eugene B. Ely became the first aviator to take off from a ship as his Curtiss “Pusher” biplane lifted off the deck of the cruiser USS Birmingham off Hampton Roads, Virginia. The ...
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Apollo’s Rise: From Disaster to Earthrise and Beyond
Explore the extraordinary story of NASA’s Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy’s bold vision of a lunar landing in response to Soviet space triumphs. Learn how Werner von Braun shaped the ...
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