Apollo Astronauts

As part of the Apollo program by NASA, 24 astronauts flew 9 missions to the Moon between December 1968 and December 1972.

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When the Apollo astronauts were out of radio contact with the ground, they had a tape recorder inside their spacecraft that recorded their private, unguarded conversations. These transcripts were classified until the late 1970s because they included detailed information about Apollo operations

Astronauts of the first Apollo crew, Apollo 7, had to wait until 2008 to be honored with the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. All other Apollo astronauts received the award almost four decades earlier. Apollo 7 was deemed to be a "101% success"

National Memorial Day Parade 2023 honors Apollo astronauts in US capital (video)

50 years ago, cosmic rays may have caused Apollo astronauts to see lights

NASA is readying to send humans back to the moon. Fifty years after Apollo astronauts left the moon, efforts to return are finally underway

50 years since the last Apollo astronauts went to the moon, NASA is finally going back

For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA's Apollo astronauts

Scientists Grow Plants in Lunar Dirt, Next Stop Moon - For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA’s Apollo astronauts.

NASA Just Opened a Sealed Lunar Sample Collected by Apollo Astronauts 50 Years Ago

Digitally Restored Photos of Earth Taken by Apollo Astronauts.