Mission Control’s air ducts were black ... sitting inside the firing room at the Cape during Apollo 11, said the tension was palpable on launch day. “The room quieted down once the flight ...

"Mission control was talking to me 24 hours a day ... As tension rose and the nation watched on as NASA prepared to launch Apollo 11, many credit Gene Kranz, who served as NASA's second chief ...

The spacecraft had been guiding itself, relaying its position to Mission Control’s IBM mainframe ... In the months preceding the Apollo 11 launch, computer scientists had deliberately triggered ...

“Apollo 11 is the dividing point in my personal life,” says Bostick. Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, Manned Spacecraft ...

Apollo 11 launched this week in 1969 ... and for Mission Control to meticulously rehearse every phase of the mission, from launch to lunar landing to re-entry. WATCH: 'There’s not much ...

Fifty years ago this month, the first humans stepped foot on the Moon, and as they did it, a group of scientists walked them through the historic landing at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in ...

In a sea of male faces and black ties at the historic launch of Apollo 11, a lone woman can be seen at launch control watching ... On the 50th anniversary of the mission, Morgan has become a ...

The moon shone brighter this week, all full of itself. Leading up to the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, four full moons reminded us just how far we’ve come and gone. Lunar cycles aside, I want ...

Ahead of NASA's Artemis launch on Monday ... Artemis flight director Rick LaBrode and Apollo flight director Milt Windler from the Apollo mission control room. The control room has been restored ...

Mission Control’s air ducts were black ... sitting inside the firing room at the Cape during Apollo 11, said the tension was palpable on launch day. “The room quieted down once the flight ...