Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin and command module pilot Mike Collins were assigned to the first moon-landing mission in January 1969, six months before launch. All ...

On October 10, 1968, NASA launched Apollo 7, the first successful crewed mission of the Apollo program. The 11-day flight ...

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon mission, which saw human beings walk on the surface of the moon for the very first time. This mission was, without a doubt, one of ...

The spacecraft that carried the crew of the first moon landing to and from Earth 50 years ago has just had its current mission extended. The Smithsonian, which has been touring the command module ...

A new book about the Apollo program, "Eight Years to the Moon," suggests that a rogue space module nearly crashed into an astronaut space capsule.

Meet the people who put their lives on the line to reach the moon. Mark Strauss The Apollo 1 astronauts—(opposite, from left) Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee—perished in a fire during a ...

A one-of-a-kind item in the history of space exploration goes on the auction block today (July 18) at Christie's in New York City. The timeline book from Apollo 11's Eagle lunar module, annotated by ...