Apollo

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The four astronauts channeled Apollo 8’s famous Earthrise shot from 1968 with a powerful photo of Earth setting behind the gray, pockmarked moon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

There have been countless other important space-related milestones since Apollo 17, our last moon visit, but what’s more dramatic than bouncing around in one-sixth of Earth’s gravity and smacking golf balls between lunar craters?

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

"We broke the distance record for Apollo 13, the furthest that humans have ever traveled from our home planet. And the moment was special," Gibbons said.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The reason Apollo endures in cultural memory is not solely the engineering; it is what it said about human reach and courage.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Then on January 27, 1967, a space flight numbered AS-204, later known as Apollo 1, was moving through its preflight tests to send the first manned space flight to the moon.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson