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NASA celebrates anniversary of moon landing with building dedicated to ‘Apollo women’

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Building 12 at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston has been named the “Dorothy Vaughan Center to Honor the Women of Apollo” on the 55th anniversary of the first moon landing. | Source: NASA NASA is honoring a ‘hidden… Read More »

William Anders’ obituary

The most famous photograph in the US space program may not be the one showing Neil Armstrong landing on the moon, but the image of the Earth seen rising above the moon’s horizon, transmitted from space by the crew on December 24, 1968. Apollo 8 – Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders. It was… Read More »