HOUSTON—Here in Houston, home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC), a funding drive is underway to restore the aging landmark Apollo Mission Control Center (MCC) for enhanced public viewing. The ...

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.

Just months after man first landed on the moon, the next Apollo mission had a scare from Mother Nature. Here's what happened ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- NASA's Mission Control from the Apollo days has been meticulously restored to the way it looked 50 years ago. The control room at Johnson Space Center in Houston was last used for ...

Gene Kranz, who served in Apollo mission control as "White Flight," was at the head of the room when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Apollo 13 "had a problem." He may have never said "Failure is not ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Apollo Mission Control Center once buzzed with excitement as flight controllers communicated with the first astronauts to ...

After a multi-year restoration effort, NASA's Apollo Mission Operations Control Room 2 (MOCR 2) is set to re-open to the public next week, as part of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. For two ...

"The people that lived and worked here, the room talks to them," Kranz said. Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing on July 20, NASA has restored the Apollo 11 mission control center to its ...

The world had watched, spellbound, as Apollo 11 made mankind’s first landing on the moon in July 1969. Fewer people paid attention when NASA sent its second mission to the moon four months later: ...

Jim Lovell, who was among the first astronauts to leave Earth’s gravitational pull, has died, NASA announced. He was portrayed by Tom Hanks in the movie "Apollo 13," which dramatized the nearly ...

Legendary NASA flight director, Gene Kranz, now 91 years old, is seen posing with his lifetime achievement award from the American Astronautical Society at his restored console in Apollo mission ...