The last time a crew of Americans rode a rocket toward the Moon, the country was reeling from assassinations, riots, and a ...

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is unveiling a new Apollo 8 exhibit, commemorating one of the most daring space ...

Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders adjlusts his helmet while suiting up for his 1968 moon mission. (NASA Photo) Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped the iconic “Earthrise” photo of our planet as ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Over 50 years ago, as human beings first set eyes upon another world, they paused to celebrate Christmas Eve and reflect on what the holiday meant for the conflicted planet they ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — On December 27, 1968, the Apollo 8 mission returned safely to Earth after a record six days in space.

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon.

The victim in a fatal plane crash Friday in Washington state has been identified as Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic "Earthrise" photo, his son Greg ...

Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, was killed on Friday (June 7) when the vintage plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of the San ...

Apollo 8, launched in December 1968, was the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon, achieving several significant firsts, including orbiting another celestial body and transmitting live television ...

"I don't know that I could spend a month on a desert island with Frank [Borman]; we might tear each other apart before it was over. I might get two weeks in with [Jim] Lovell though." When the ...

'My reason for joining NASA was to participate in the Apollo program, the lunar program, and hopefully beat the Russians. I never looked at it for any individual goals.' When you purchase through ...

Frank Borman, who commanded two early NASA missions including the first to orbit the moon, has died at age 95. In a statement, NASA said Borman died Nov. 7 in Billings, Mont. after a stroke. His death ...