Leading Apollo astronaut, test pilot, engineer and airline executive, Colonel Frank Borman, has died at the age of 95. Frank Borman was a pioneer astronaut who commanded the Apollo 8 flight – the first human mission around the Moon. This key flight enabled the later...
Apollo astronaut Ken Mattingly who became famous for mission the failed Apollo 13 mission in 1970 over a German measles health scare, but later became a hero to its rescue on the ground, has died at the age of 87. Mattingly had been a US Navy pilot, test pilot, and...
While the guys who actually set foot on the Moon get all the plaudits, in truth the Apollo programme was a series of very important missions which acted as steps towards that great achievement. One of these missions, Apollo 9 was commanded by James McDivitt who has...
Space agencies from around the world including NASA and ESA paid tribute to the late Queen of the UK, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who died at the age of 96 on 8 September. She had been on the throne for over 70 years, celebrating her Platinum jubilee earlier this...
The death of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on 30 August at the age of 91 prompted tributes to him from around the world in his role as a peacemaker and promoter of democratic freedoms during the Cold War. After Leonid Breznev finally died, followed by short...
Nichelle Nichols, the actress who played Lt Nyota Uhura, communications officer to the USS Enterprise, in the Star Trek science fiction TV series in the late 1960s and later movie series has died at the age of 89. Nichols who at one time wanted to give up the role was...
