Dec. 11 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1816, Indiana joined the United States as its 19th state. In 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson.

Step inside a fascinating space exploration museum and join us on an immersive journey through the history of moon missions. Explore iconic artifacts like the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia, a ...

Not much of the art at the Ripon Model Railroad Club is hanging from the walls. The art is in the 3D buildings, landscapes and dioramas on the train layout itself. The first thing people notice as ...

The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group entered the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) area of responsibility (AOR) on Nov. 11, 2025, after a high profile redeployment from European waters. Alongside ...

Apollo 7, crewed by Walter Schirra Jr., Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham, represented the first manned American spaceflight 21 months after the Apollo 1 fatal accident. Launching on October 11, 1968 ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - American astronaut Jim Lovell, commander of the failed 1970 mission to the moon that nearly ended in disaster but became an inspirational saga of survival and the basis ...

Lovell guided Apollo 13 back to Earth after a malfunction onboard. Jim Lovell, the commander of the famed Apollo 13 mission, has died, according to NASA. He was 97. "We are saddened by the passing of ...

He led the three-man crew that survived a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970, and was later immortalized by Tom Hanks in the movie “Apollo 13.” James A. Lovell Jr., right, and Fred W. Haise ...

The space explorer was determined throughout his life, says Teasel Muir-Harmony, the curator of the Apollo Collection at the National Air and Space Museum Will Sullivan - Daily Correspondent Jim ...

"Apollo 13" stars Tom Hanks, the late Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon as three NASA astronauts who must navigate safely back to Earth after their spacecraft encounters troubles on the way to the moon. To ...