The last surviving crew member of Apollo 11 opens up about his pioneering ... thinking about those 21 hours you spent there 55 years ago? That is a funny question — one that you might think ...

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 ...

Splashdown occurred in the Pacific Ocean at 1:07 p.m. April 17, after a flight that lasted five days, 22 hours and 54 minutes. [...] ...

Joyce Hanz Saturday, July 20, 2019 4:27 p.m. | Saturday, July 20, 2019 4:27 p.m. Apollo was moonstruck Saturday — in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon landing.

The first manned mission to the moon, Apollo 11, launched on July 16, 1969. The crew of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, from left, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong, pose with a ...

Before Apollo ... a soft-landing and that the Sea of Tranquility presented a good site for the first human landing. A little more than four years after the final Ranger images, Apollo 11 landed ...

Scientists have confirmed the existence of a cave on the moon, located near the historic Apollo 11 landing site ... first set foot on lunar soil 55 years ago. Formed by the collapse of a lava ...

Launius, who chairs the National Air and Space Museum’s Division of Space History, is waiting for the day when the items that Apollo 11 astronauts ... of the Apollo landing sites, will need ...

Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon in 1969 a reality. They flocked to the Apollo program for many reasons. Some relished the idea of exploring new worlds. Others were inspired by a ...

and his latest effort is an homage to the Apollo 11 landing. The first NASA mission to put astronauts on the surface of the moon happened almost 50 years ago, on July 20, 2019. To celebrate the ...