Like countless other children around the world, Jerry Firlan was starstruck on 1968. It was not because he caught Santa Claus ...

For the Apollo 8 astronauts, no message was more fitting to read to the estimated billion people listening than the ...

December 1968 was a difficult time for many in the world, as war and hostages, riots and assassinations drew our attention. But a trio of U.S. astronauts brought the Christmas spirit to Americans from ...

NASA astronaut Bill Anders took this iconic image of Earth rising over the Moon’s horizon on December 24, 1968.

The astronauts on the I.S.S. — including two who were scheduled to return months ago — held a zero-gravity cookie-decorating ...

"Good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you—all of you on the good Earth" The Apollo 8 crew became ...

Instead, space exploration had grasped the world’s attention that Christmas Eve. Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders were orbiting the moon, broadcasting live to roughly a ...

Space station crews spend the holidays away from family and friends, but that doesn’t stop them from celebrating in space.

"Sunday Morning" remembers some of the newsworthy men and women who passed away this year – musicians and storytellers, athletes and activists – who touched us with their creativity and humanity.

The astronauts of Apollo 8 were the first men to see the far side of the moon with their own eyes, without the aid of optical devices. From their orbital altitude of 69 statute miles, Frank Borman ...

Our magnificent, life-giving Earth is a true holy land for all of us, writes guest columnist Jeff Vogel, a retired respiratory therapist in New York City who has been singing for peace and justice ...

The reading of Genesis by the astronauts of Apollo 8 while orbiting the moon was a moment that thrilled and inspired hundreds ...