The day after Christmas, 16-year-old Lexi Ringo was killed in a crash that investigators said involved a suspected drunk driver.

On Christmas Eve 1968, the Earth received a message from astronauts on a mission like no other - the first around the moon. NASA will return in 2026.

The residents of Timber Cove lined their streets with luminarias and then looked to the moon on Christmas Eve of 1968. One of their neighbors, NASA astronaut Jim Lovell, was circling that familiar yet ...

On Dec. 21, 1968, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission launched to the moon. Apollo 8 was the second crewed mission in NASA’s Apollo program. It was also the first mission to bring humans to the moon. It lifted ...

DEAR ASTRONAUTS BORMAN, LOVELL, AND ANDERS: Your Christmas trip to the moon needs an evangelical booster. Before you blast off, tack this note next to your fuel gauges as a reminder of the energetic ...

On Christmas Eve in 1968, the three astronauts on Apollo 8 looked back toward home as their craft made one of its 10 orbits around the moon. Framed inside the window was the marbled blue orb of Earth, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Like countless other children around the world, Jerry Firlan was ...

'...Merry Christmas and God bless all of you - all of you on the good Earth.' ABOVE VIDEO: On Christmas Eve 1968, Apollo 8 crewmembers Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- One of the world's most legendary explorers, James Lovell, spoke with ABC7 on Saturday about the honor of Dec. 21 being named Capt. James Lovell Day in Illinois. The honor has been a ...

It was an otherworldly postscript—literally and figuratively—on a tumultuous year. The reading of Genesis by the astronauts of Apollo 8 while orbiting the moon was a moment that thrilled and inspired ...