Jerry was born on May 25, 1945, in Fort Collins, Colorado, to Katherine E ... calculations and analysis to ensure the Apollo Command Module and Lunar Lander would reach the precise orbit and ...

We've had a problem…': The command module after successful re-entry ... Marilyn Lovell, the wife of Jim Lovell, Commander of the aborted Apollo 13 lunar landing mission, faces the press in ...

Katherine Johnson, (b. 8/26/1918 ... She contributed calculations to the parking orbit of Apollo 11’s command and service module during that first crewed Moon landing. Her work helped fulfill ...

Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) on Wednesday joined House and Senate leadership at a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in the U.S. Capitol that honored West Virginian Katherine Johnson, Dr.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, the late Katherine Johnson was honored with a Congressional Gold Medal at the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. Johnson, the White Sulpher Springs native and ...

Mathematician Katherine Johnson, a White Sulphur Spring native and West Virginia State University alumna, made her mark on the space industry by providing calculations needed for successful NASA ...

A Hubble Space Telescope image of the Apollo 17 landing region within the Taurus-Littrow valley of the moon. This image lacks the necessary resolution to reveal any sign of the lunar lander or the ...

Follow in the footsteps of Apollo astronauts with a new space-themed backpack that aims to inspire a sense of exploration and transport wearers to the lunar surface. Follow in the footsteps of ...

Imagine: you spent years training for a sojourn to the Moon, flew there on top of a Saturn V rocket as part of Apollo ... off from the lunar surface to the orbiting command module before returning ...

Skywatchers and astronomy lovers are in for a treat as a partial lunar eclipse will dance across the skies Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. It is a partial lunar eclipse, meaning part of ...

The partial lunar eclipse illuminated across the Americas, Europe and Africa from Sept. 17 through Sept. 18 CTK via AP The partial lunar eclipse shone bright across a portion of the planet this week.