But first, he insisted that Katherine ... Apollo lunar lander with the command module in lunar orbit. Her work didn’t end there. She also helped with contingency procedures for Apollo 13 when ...
A "Hidden Figures" mathematician who helped America win the space race was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall ...
Katherine Johnson, pictured here in 1962 ... capsule - named Snoopy - some 50 years after its last sighting. Apollo 13's Lunar Module performed a vital "lifeboat" role when that mission had ...
Oscar-winning drama based on the true story of the Apollo 13 space mission. The crew has almost reached the moon when an on-board explosion causes the spaceship to lose oxygen, power and guidance ...
My name is Katherine Johnson. I am a mathematician for NASA ... (Yuri Gagarin), and the first successful manned moon landing (Apollo 11). The ‘space race’ became symbolic of the ideological ...
Captain Jim Lovell, who was the commander of Gemini and Apollo missions, joins Bob Sirott to talk about what he thinks of the Netflix documentary “Apollo 13: Survival” and an achievement that he is ...
How do you feel about automated vehicles? What effects do you think they will have on your generation? Read this article and post your comments and questions for Matt Richtel by Nov. 14. By The ...
The BBC World Service has launched a special podcast series to mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. 13 Minutes to the ... to work with Nasa at Johnson Space Center as a doctor ...
A chronicle of the 1970 lunar mission that suffered an explosion in space that disabled the ship, leaving the astronauts to endure the possibility of suffocation or freezing to death, as Mission ...
From the team behind the multi-award winning series, 13 Minutes to the Moon, which aired on the BBC World Service in 2019, comes the incredible story of Apollo 13, as told by the astronauts in ...