NASA flight director, Gene Kranz, now 91 years old, is seen posing with his lifetime achievement award from the American ...

from the groundbreaking ’70s miniseries “Roots” to the blockbuster “Deadpool” movie franchise — has earned her velvet seat as an Apollo legend as the iconic institution celebrates its ...

A legend was laid to rest in Brookhaven Monday in a small, quiet ceremony. Susan Smylie spent a moment in silence alone, took ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Robert Edwin “Ed” Smylie of Crossville, Tennessee, a Mississippi State alumnus who played a pivotal role in the Apollo 13 mission’s success, died Monday [April 21]. Born in Lincoln ...

Decades before American Idol and America's Got Talent captured the attention of millons on TV, the world renowned Apollo Theater in Harlem started hosting its popular Amateur Night, which launched ...

Multifaceted artist Teyana Taylor is making history as she prepares to receive the first-ever Innovator Award at The Apollo Theater’s 2025 Spring Benefit on June 4, 2025. The Harlem-born ...

To join the ranks of the Apollo legends who have graced that stage as a champion of this historic competition is truly a surreal feeling," said Kofi Boakye. Brianna Cameron is a celebrated child ...

"It's an audio thriller about Buzz Aldrin, one of the true pioneers of space." On July 20, 1969, Aldrin and Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong achieved humanity's first landing on another ...

It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft on its way to the moon, when Ed Smylie realized they had to do something about the carbon dioxide.