Chang'e-3 landing site is indicated with a white square in this lunar map, a mosaic made with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's Wide Angle Camera. The landing sites of the Apollo missions are in red.

Scientists had an interest in this area of the moon as a possible landing zone for a future human landing, and indeed Apollo ...

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 ...

The shadow of their lander dominates a mosaic of the numbered photos Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took out their window before leaving the moon. NASA/Panorama assembled by R. Farwell for the ...

"[Caves] make available the main structural parts of a possible human base without requiring complex construction activities,” one researcher noted Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE.

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 ...

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Many are likely to be familiar with the quote: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. This Saturday, July 20 marks the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing ...