When the men who walked on the moon walked through Chicago

In August of 1969, Chicago welcomed Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. and Michael Collins to the city only a few weeks after their stop on the moon. Confetti cascaded down from skyscrapers in a ...

In 1970, NASA deliberately crashed Apollo 13’s rocket into the Moon; the impact made the lunar interior “ring” for over three hours

Discover how NASA transformed the Apollo 13 crisis into a remarkable scientific breakthrough by crashing a rocket into the ...