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Here are the U.S. astronaut crews that -- like the inaugural Boeing Starliner crew -- climbed on top of a rocket to ride a U.S. spaceship into space for the first time.

The rapid pace of preparations for the first Moon landing continued in April 1969. The successful Apollo 9 mission in March cleared the way for Apollo 10 to

Following the success of the Apollo 8 circumlunar mission, NASA believed that it could achieve a Moon landing by the summer of 1969 and meet President John F.

The new year of 1969 dawned with optimism that NASA would meet President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the

December 1968 ended a year more turbulent than most. For the American space program, however, it brought the Moon landing one giant step closer. The

November 1968 proved pivotal to achieving the goal of landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. The highly successful Apollo 7 mission that

In October 1968, the American human spaceflight program took significant steps toward achieving President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon

On Oct. 18, 1963, NASA announced the selection of its third group of astronauts. Chosen from 720 military and civilian applicants, the newest group of 14

Today the airport comprises 134 acres with an asphalt runway 3,200 feet long, a terminal built in 1990, storage hangers and maintenance facility and the Williamsburg Flight Center owned the last seven years by Shaun Stewart. Fuel is also sold and there is a helicopter pad.

We all remember Neil Armstrong's famous words as the Apollo 11 astronaut took the first living, breathing human steps on the surface of the Moon. Sm...