Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes. [...] ...
On April 17, 1970, Apollo 13 returned to Earth after narrowly avoiding a deadly disaster in space. [‘On This Day in Space’ ...
Students at St. Pius X Catholic School spoke with Apollo 13 astronaut Fred Haise during the school’s annual Space Week. Haise ...
With the spacecraft crippled and more than 210,000 miles from Earth, flight directors and engineers in Houston, led by Eugene ...
One of two men accused of participating in a drive-by shooting that caused a house explosion in the Maysville community ...
From the Apollo landings to the visionary Artemis program, NASA’s missions have not only expanded humanity’s reach into space but also reshaped our understanding of Earth and the universe. Each ...
On April 13, 1970, an oxygen tank exploded aboard NASA’s Apollo 13 spacecraft, forcing astronauts to abandon their moon landing and fight for survival.
On April 11, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Army troops liberated the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near Weimar, ...
Fifty-six years ago, after a tense race to save the Apollo 13 crew, the astronauts finally splashed down safely. Here’s what ...
Today is Saturday, April 11, the 101st day of 2026. There are 264 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1945, during World War II, U.S. Army troops liberated the Buchenwald Nazi concentration ...
On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on the third U.S. moon-landing mission.
April 11 marks Buchenwald's liberation, Apollo 13 launch, Truman-MacArthur clash, and births of Parkinson, Kennedy, Stone, plus notable deaths, shaping history.