MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – The USS Yorktown aided in recovery efforts for the first crewed spacecraft to successfully orbit the moon when it returned to Earth on December 27, 1968. Apollo 8 ...
(NASA) – On Feb. 9, 1971, the nine-day Apollo 14 Moon landing mission came to a successful conclusion with the splashdown of astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Stuart A. Roosa, and Edgar D. Mitchell aboard ...
The USS Hornet aircraft carrier has led three lives. First, it fought in some of World War II’s toughest battles. Then it was the ship that recovered the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 astronauts from the ...
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 collection consists of 35 mm ...
Moffett Field, California – The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) is seeking support from the public as it continues its efforts to recover and enhance Moon images from the 1960s using ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This collection consists of a letter, in a commemorative postal cover, written by Ernest Frederick Fearn on board the USS Arlington while waiting ...