A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from planet Earth stepped onto another world for the first time, ...

Dueling Superpowers, Rival Billionaires. Inside the New Race to the Moon The Story Behind TIME's 1969 Apollo Launch-Party Photos See the Past, Present and Future of American Spaceflight in 4 Minutes ...

Meet the Press broadcast from Cape Kennedy space center and welcomed the three NASA astronauts who commanded Apollo missions ...

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong announced his historic arrival on the ancient lava plain of Mare Tranquillitatis with the following message to NASA: "Houston, Tranquility Base ...

Steve Bales isn’t a known name like astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. But his critical ‘go’ decision during the Apollo 11 moon landing made a big difference in the history of the Cold War.

On the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, something truly remarkable took place. Pope Leo XIV, the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, spoke directly with American astronaut Buzz ...

It was July 1969, and humankind’s much-anticipated trip to the surface of the moon was days away. The public, and the newspapers, couldn’t get enough of the three “moon men” of Apollo 11: Neil ...

July 20th is Moon Day, Space Exploration Day and the anniversary of the first Apollo 11 moonwalk. Here’s a look at the Apollo program and the new Artemis program to return to the lunar surface.

A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal. The ...

An 18-karat gold version of the first watch worn on the moon has set a record for the most paid for an astronaut's timepiece. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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