The Apollo Theater, a legendary New York City venue that has hosted the likes of Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder and more, is the subject of a new documentary from HBO.

These digits may seem like a random number sequence, but for a select few people in this country's history, they mean everything. More than 400,000 people worked tirelessly to put astronauts Neil ...

From its inception 80 years ago this Sunday, the Apollo Theater probably exerted a greater influence on popular culture than any other entertainment venue in the world. Throughout the years the Apollo ...

In a culture steeped in high technology, from wearable computers to the internet of things and rockets that fly themselves back to pinpoint touchdowns, the Apollo 11 moon landing and Neil Armstrong's ...

The Ambassador of Exploration Award recognizes the sacrifices and dedication of the Apollo, Gemini and Mercury astronauts. Each astronaut or their surviving families will be presented a lunar sample, ...

There are few cultural institutions in the United States to rival the importance of The Apollo Theater in Harlem. For going on a hundred years the 1,500-seat venue has showcased the foremost ...

“I love the Apollo—my biggest TV special (Bigger and Blacker) was filmed at the Apollo. It was probably the best I’ve ever been in my life. That night, something just happened. It sounds corny, but ...

The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing is upon us, and in that time, there has been plenty of ink spilled about the implications, technical specifications, individuals, and historical ...

We had an interesting salon gathering recently at the Barnes & Noble bookstore café. Joel Levine, who for 41 years served as a senior scientist at NASA, currently serves as a research professor in the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A scale model company is celebrating the past and future of U.S. spacecraft with the latest ...

As Jennell Minor weaves her way among the sixth-grade students divided into groups, each with its own tutor, she talks about the challenges she and other teachers face at Attucks Middle School. It’s ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Fifty years after the Apollo 15 crew visited the moon, members of the family of astronaut Jim Irwin, the lunar module pilot who also drove the lunar rover, unveiled his NASA ...