James McDivitt, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions, died in his sleep last week in Tucson, Arizona, NASA said in a statement Monday. He was 93. McDivitt was ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

NASA. Apollo 9 mission. Nice view of the lunar module in its lunar landing configuration photographed from the command module during its orbital training mission around the Earth. March 17, 1969., ...

A Bay Area home owned by an Apollo 9 astronaut and his wife is on the market. It's the first time the Sonoma property has been on the market in 25 years. The home has a listing price of $2.5 million.

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

"Apollo 13" stars Tom Hanks, the late Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon as three NASA astronauts who must navigate safely back to Earth after their spacecraft encounters troubles on the way to the moon. To ...

Lovell was a veteran of four spaceflights, including Apollo 13, during which he and his crewmates famously averted disaster. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Astronaut Jim Lovell, best known as the commander of the near-tragic Apollo 13 mission to the moon, died Thursday in Illinois. He was 97. Lovell was a veteran of four spaceflights: Gemini VII, Gemini ...

More than 55 years ago, three Apollo 13 astronauts en route to the moon had to abandon plans to reach the lunar surface when their spacecraft encountered troubles. The astronauts' perilous journey ...