Before Neil Armstrong's legendary first steps on the Moon in 1969, Nasa had to ensure that the lunar surface was well-mapped ...

More than 3,500 of those stem from the historic Apollo Moon landing effort, with 400 objects related specifically to the first successful lunar landing mission, Apollo 11. On July 20, 1969, astronauts ...

Fifty years ago today, the massive Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 11 mission that would fulfill President Kennedy’s goal of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth ...

The mission to the moon was believed to be “impossible” at the time, with much doubt cast over the rocket, equipment, and astronauts’ abilities. Since the Apollo 11 astronauts stepped onto ...

From the lunar landing to the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, here are some bold space missions in history.

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Long before Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams got stuck on the space station, Apollo 11 astronauts were having their own ...

Introducing the Apollo 11 Crew: Neil Armstrong (commander), Buzz Aldrin (lunar module pilot), and Michael Collins (command module pilot). The first Moon mission will be called Apollo 11.

It was faked. SEE ALSO: 17 lesser-known photos from the Apollo 11 mission "It was immediate. It was at the time of the Apollo 11 landing," space historian Roger Launius said in an interview ...