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

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

On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders made a live broadcast from orbit around the Moon.

On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo ...

Communities near NASA lit luminarias so the Apollo 8 astronauts could find their way home. The tradition has continued ever ...

Skimming just 60 miles above the surface, astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders stared into the Moon’s ...

A look at NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, its impact in 1968, and how Artemis 2 could shape the future of human spaceflight in 2026 ...

UFC legend Andrei Arlovski unexpectedly found himself involved in arguably the night's most viral moment following the ...

Some time next year Artemis II will blast off and carry a crew of four on a shakedown cruise to the moon. They will not land ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. CHICAGO (AP) — Standing by a part of the Apollo 8 spacecraft he once rode, retired astronaut James Lovell on Monday read the 1968 ...

They were the crew of Apollo 8, the first manned spacecraft to leave earth’s gravity and orbit the moon. Perhaps the mission’s most memorable moment occurred on Christmas Eve 1968, when they took ...

CHICAGO (AP) – Standing by a part of the Apollo 8 spacecraft he once rode, retired astronaut James Lovell on Monday read the 1968 Christmastime broadcast from the day he and two others became the ...