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 ...

The last time a crew of Americans rode a rocket toward the Moon, the country was reeling from assassinations, riots, and a grinding war. Apollo 8’s Christmas flight in 1968 did not fix any of that, ...

Fifty-seven years ago, three American astronauts set forth on one of the most audacious and inspiring journeys in human history. In late December 1968, NASA astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and ...