HOUSTON, Texas -- NASA is celebrating its 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing this Saturday, and they're taking a look back at that historic day in 1969. NASA's history office shared some very ...
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 ...
It was the start of a big day: the launch of a Saturn V rocket, lifting man from the face of the Earth to the face of the moon. King, the chief of public information at Kennedy Space Center, would ...
Click to open image viewer. NASM-9A13960: Apollo 11 lunar landing mission astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins at a preflight press conference on July 5, 1969, Houston, ...
The US space program won’t go anywhere without centralized leadership and a coordinating vision. There was a time when giants walked the Earth—and America produced such giants. No, I’m not talking ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Collins had the spotlight ...
International Moon Day was celebrated on July 20, observing the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Apollo 11 mission, which launched from Florida, kickstarted a rich history of rocket ...
Having explored the 'third rock from the sun,' John Lithgow is now heading for its moon. The award-winning actor is set to star in the new podcast "BUZZ" about the life of one of the first humans to ...
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 ...