Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell remembered as decorated NASA astronaut

Those were the now-famous words of NASA Capt. James A. "Jim" Lovell Jr., one of America's most decorated astronauts and the ...
The Roanoke Times

Interview with Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell: long version

As promised in my story in today's Extra section, here is a more complete transcript of my Sept. 11 interview with Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell. He's a truly fascinating guy. —MikeA ...
Yahoo

OTD in Space - October 11: Apollo 7 Launches the 1st Apollo Crew into Orbit

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On. Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7 launched into space with NASA astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walter Cunningham. This was ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

‘Apollo 1’ film ‘a great tribute’ to astronauts who paved way to NASA’s future successes, says Rusty Schweickart

Apollo 9 astronaut and longtime Sonoma resident Rusty Schweickart spoke to a sold-out crowd after the Sonoma International Film Festival’s screening of the new documentary, “Apollo 1” on Saturday, ...
Texarkana Gazette

Ed Smylie, whosaved the Apollo 13 crew with duct tape, dies at 95

Robert "Ed" Smylie, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape that saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 after an ...
WTVD

USS Hornet crew members relive historic recovery of Apollo 11 astronauts

ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The crew of the USS Hornet had just finished a tour of duty destroying mines in Vietnam and when it got the call in early June of 1969. It was a totally different assignment that ...
Orlando Sentinel

Orlando Sentinel 150: Remembering deadly Apollo 1 accident and its crew

As part of our 150th birthday, the Orlando Sentinel will reprint articles from our archives as part of our Monday Memory feature. Here’s one from 59 years ago this week about the death of the Apollo 1 ...