*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Apollo Mission Control Center once buzzed with excitement as flight controllers communicated with the first astronauts to ...

HOUSTON—Here in Houston, home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC), a funding drive is underway to restore the aging landmark Apollo Mission Control Center (MCC) for enhanced public viewing. The ...

Gene Kranz, who served in Apollo mission control as "White Flight," was at the head of the room when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Apollo 13 "had a problem." He may have never said "Failure is not ...

As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the Moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 years ago. At the ...

This story is part of Moon Landing: 50th Anniversary, a series from CBC News examining how far we've come since the first humans landed on the moon. Neil Armstrong. Buzz Aldrin. The names of the first ...