WASHINGTON – For almost 40 years, the Apollo 11 command module has rested behind a plastic shield in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Now visitors may not have to journey to Washington ...

Apollo 11 - Landing on the Sea of Tranquility - July 20, 1969. 16mm landing film by Gary Neff, source footage courtesy John Knoll. Full description: http://history ...

Apollo is remembered for Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon, but the program was built through a long chain of dangerous ...

It's 55 years since US astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to walk on the Moon. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969. As he did so, he ...

The final mission before the landmark Apollo 11, Apollo 10 served as a dress rehearsal, testing every aspect of the Moon landing except for the actual landing itself. On May 18, the crew of Commander ...

US President Nixon had a speech prepared for him just in case Armstrong and his colleagues would not have made it back to Earth On July 20, 1969 (July 21 in Malta), two astronauts in the lunar module ...

Mankind's first landing on the moon 50 years ago was a towering achievement, the ultimate trip of a lifetime-- and an incredibly expensive undertaking for the U.S. government. Some of the dollar ...

In this video, we focus on the Saturn V rocket, which launched the Apollo spacecraft into orbit. Notably, there were 13 ...