The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there ...
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins has revealed a previously unseen photo of the famous Moon landing crew members that he “found at the bottom of a box.” The photo shows Collins, Neil Armstrong and ...
NASA's objective was for the experiment to only last for five years. The Apollo 11 crew didn't just just accomplish landing on the lunar surface and returning safely — the men also conducted several ...
There were tears and cheers as Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong took their steps. Fifty years ago this week, the Apollo 11 astronauts -- Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins -- suited up as ...
NASA spent years hunting for the original Apollo 11 slow scan and telemetry tapes that could have revealed a sharper, more complete record of humanity’s first steps on the Moon. What they found ...
Liftoff of the Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle and astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. I t was 50 years ago this week that astronauts Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin ...
One of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind began on July 16, 1969 – exactly 50 years ago today -- inside Houston's Johnson Space Center. Inside Mission Control on that summer morning, ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. What could be better than walking on the moon? Seeing a ...
Fifty years ago next week, 600 million people around the world watched on live television as Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took those historic first footsteps on the moon. Since ...
The three crew members of NASA's Apollo 11 lunar landing mission are greeted by their wives after their arrival at Ellington Air Force Base near Houston. Getty Images The success of Apollo 11 was ...
As Apollo 11 unfolded, NASA and the White House quietly prepared for the unthinkable. This is the forgotten story of the speech President Nixon was ready to deliver if Armstrong and Aldrin were ...
"Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace." So begins President Richard Nixon's televised address to the nation 51 years ago, ...