The Bell 47 became the first helicopter certified for civilian use on March 8, 1946. Designed by Arthur M. Young, more than 5,600 Bell 47 helicopters were produced until 1974, including 1,200 under ...

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and ...

On July 20, 1969, just seven minutes before humanity’s first moon landing, an alarm suddenly sounded aboard the U.S. Apollo ...

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90. By Trip Gabriel Almost forgotten now, the mission circled the Earth for 10 days, performing a ...

Margaret Hamilton’s death on September 30 marks the close of a career that helped turn the dream of lunar exploration into a technical reality. The computer scientist, who died at a hospital in ...

Apollo crewed Earth-orbiting mission. First crewed flight with the lunar module. Crew: James McDivitt, David Scott and Russell “Rusty” Schweickart. Apollo lunar mission. The final dress rehearsal ...

That's one small step for a man. One very expensive leap for the United States. Okay, sure, some would argue focusing on the total cost of the Apollo program defeats the purpose. Stepping onto the ...

The Space Race was a technological battle fought by Soviet and American scientists and engineers, and by Soviet cosmonauts ...

Almost forgotten now, the mission circled the Earth for 10 days, performing a series of tests with the lunar lander. What it lacked in glory it made up for in technological contributions. By Kenneth ...