It was July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong became the first human to step foot on an extraterrestrial body—our Moon. Today is the 49th anniversary of that momentous event and we celebrate it in ...

He was amazed when he learned of recent space-flight advances: “What we did with the LEM was crude compared to what they are doing now.” But there are still essential similarities. Dad worked on a ...

My mother worked at TRW, the commpany that built the Lunar Module Descent Engine on the LEM that saved Apollo 13. After the mission, the astronauts toured many contractors, including TRW. My mother ...