Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who took ‘Earthrise’ picture, dies in plane crash at 90 Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who snapped the iconic “Earthrise” photo of our planet as seen from lunar orbit, died… Read More
Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden dies at 88, leaving 11 living moon travelers Retired astronaut Al Worden, who was once called the “loneliest human being” because of his role as Apollo 15’s command… Read More
NASA cracks open a sample of moon soil that’s been shut away for four decades For the first time in more than 40 years, NASA has opened up a pristine sample of moon dirt and… Read More
One giant leap for preservation: Kent wins landmark status for Boeing’s moon buggies King County now has three landmarks that are out of this world. Literally. Tonight, the King County Landmarks Commission unanimously… Read More
Apollo 11 moon landing’s 50th anniversary brings tributes, questions … and liftoff! Fifty years after Apollo 11’s moonwalkers took one giant leap for humanity, luminaries including President Donald Trump and Amazon CEO… Read More
Play Episode Podcast 50 years after Apollo 11, unsung heroes of Mission Control ponder past and future of the final frontier Play [Editor’s Note: This episode of the GeekWire Podcast is part of the Destination Moon podcrawl, organized by Seattle’s Museum of… Read More
Little-known twists in moonshot tales come to light 50 years after Apollo 11 Even after 50 years, it’s still possible to find new angles on one of history’s most widely witnessed events —… Read More
Check out Buzz Aldrin’s Apollo 11 flight manual before its multimillion-dollar sale The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Timeline Book that sat between Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin for the moon landing 50… Read More
Museum of Flight rounds up ‘Summer of Space’ goodies for Apollo 11 anniversary Want a little space history in your beer? Or soda pop? Or chocolate? Seattle brands are banding together to mark… Read More
Lego launches a 1,087-piece Apollo 11 lunar lander model, astronauts included That’s one giant heap of Lego bricks: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Lego… Read More
50 years after first lunar landing, Apollo moonshots inspire a new blast of books In the 50 years since Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong left humanity’s first bootprint on the moon, that “one small… Read More
Play Episode Podcast ‘Destination Moon’ exhibit highlights Apollo history — and Neil Armstrong’s family history as well Play “Destination Moon,” the traveling exhibit making its debut at Seattle’s Museum of Flight this month, puts some of the greatest… Read More
As Apollo 11 moon landing anniversary nears, space fans get ready to celebrate The countdown is on for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and that means the appointment books… Read More
Hey, kids! Here’s your chance to re-enact the Apollo 11 moon landing with robots Fifty years after the first Apollo moon landing, students from across the country will get a chance to re-enact the… Read More
How engineers (and astronauts) made Apollo 8’s ‘Earthrise’ trip to the moon possible 50 years ago It’s been 50 years to the day since Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders’ “Earthrise” photo changed our world forever, but… Read More
After questioning moon landings, NBA star Stephen Curry gets an invite from NASA One way to get an tour of Johnson Space Center’s high-security Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility is to question whether people… Read More
Cosmos on your coffee table: These big books make a big impact for holiday giving If you’re going to give somebody a book for the holidays, why not go big? In this age of ebooks,… Read More
50 years after Apollo moonshots, will rivalry with China spark a new space race? WASHINGTON, D.C. — An American rivalry with China could stoke a new space race in the years ahead, prominent members of… Read More
Apollo 17 moonwalker Harrison Schmitt stirs up a buzz with climate change views WASHINGTON, D.C. — I didn’t invite Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt to get his views on climate change, but that’s the… Read More
Review: ‘First Man’ and ‘The First’ focus on the moon, on Mars … and on families Two big-name dramatic productions — “First Man” in theaters, and “The First” on Hulu — are putting the glorious past… Read More
T-minus-1 year: The moon is on the rise as Apollo 11’s 50th anniversary approaches Forty-nine years ago today, humans first set foot on a world beyond Earth — and by the time the 50th anniversary… Read More
Astronaut Alan Bean, Apollo 12’s artistic moonwalker, dies at 86 after sudden illness Artist-astronaut Alan Bean, the moonwalker who saw himself as different from the rest, died today at the age of 86… Read More
Godspeed, Dick Gordon: Seattle-born Apollo 12 astronaut passes away at 88 The first Seattle-born astronaut to fly in space, Dick Gordon, passed away on Monday at his home in California at… Read More
48 years after Apollo 11 moon landing, lunar dust bag sells for $1.8 million The 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing was payday for a Chicago-area lawyer who latched onto a moondirt… Read More
Opportunity rover’s roll on Mars eerily echoes Apollo 16’s stroll on the moon Forty-five years after the astronauts of Apollo 16 rode out on a rover to look over a crater on the… Read More
Jeff Bezos lays out his vision for city on the moon, complete with robots SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk may have his heart set on building a city on Mars, but Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’… Read More
Video: Watch Amazon’s Jeff Bezos talk with kids about Apollo’s space legacy – and share life lessons Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos came to Seattle’s Museum of Flight today to talk with students about the decades-old rocket engines he… Read More
Apollo moon rocket engines finally fill a place of honor at Museum of Flight Almost 50 years after they were fired up, rocket engines that sent NASA’s Apollo crews on the first leg of their… Read More
Museum of Flight gets intact moon rocket engine to go with beat-up Apollo artifacts When historic rocket engine parts from the Apollo moon missions go on display in May in Seattle, museumgoers will be… Read More
50 years after Apollo 1 fire, NASA exhibits fatal artifacts in Florida for the first time Fifty years ago today, three NASA astronauts died in a launch pad fire when they couldn’t open the hatch of… Read More
