Apollo

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When the Apollo program ended in 1972, we children couldn’t comprehend budget constraints or having bested our Soviet rivals in a long-running “space race.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

When the Apollo 11 astronauts departed the moon in 1969, they left behind a plaque with the words “We came in peace for all mankind.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Messages from Apollo astronauts Charlie Duke and Jim Lovell - recorded before he died last year - were played to the astronauts during their flight.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The mission marks another step forward in NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to return humans to the moon for the first time since the Apollo era and eventually establish a sustained presence there.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

He broke in upon her words to tell her what filled his mind so that nothing else could reach it: the terrible words of the oracle of Apollo.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton