IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This plaque is a replica of the one ...

Stunning images show the historic Apollo 16 mission 50 years after its launch to the moon. The pictures, created by "Apollo Remastered" author Andy Saunders, show NASA Lunar Module "Orion" Pilot ...

"We were excited [though] we were six hours late landing and [on] the last revolution we could land." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

When Duke and Young hit the regolith, it marked the first time that astronauts had set foot in the rugged lunar highlands. Apollo 16’s landing site was Descartes, a region some 7,400 feet (2,250 ...

Apr. 21—Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and South Carolina's Charles Duke landing on the moon. The lunar module Orion touched down on the surface of the moon ...

Apollo 16 was notable not for the news it made but the news the crew received while on the lunar surface in 1972. During an April 21 moon walk, mission Commander John Young received a message from ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Apollo 16, the fifth manned lunar ...

He piloted Apollo 16 and commanded the shuttle. But he may be best known for the mission he didn't fly: the ill-fated Apollo 13. And he worried... Astronaut Ken "T.K." Mattingly has died. He circled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Fifty years after his Apollo 16 mission to the moon, retired NASA astronaut Charlie Duke says he's ready for ...