This week in 1968, the Apollo 8 spacecraft became the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon.
These three radar images of near-Earth asteroid 2003 SD220 were obtained on Dec. 15-17.
Fifty years ago on Dec. 21, 1968, Apollo 8 launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center at…
Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA rests in a chair after landing in the Soyuz MS-09 capsule in a remote area near…
Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency) rests in a chair after landing in the Soyuz MS-09 capsule in a…
Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos rests in a chair after landing in the Soyuz MS-09 capsule in a remote area near…
Expedition 57 crew members sit in chairs outside the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft after they landed in a remote area near…
NASA’s InSight lander placed its seismometer onto Mars on Dec. 19, 2018.
Russian Search and Rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 57 crew members.
This week in 1968, Apollo 8 lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
