Fifty years on, the Apollo Moon programme is probably still humankind's single greatest technological achievement. On 16 July 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were ...

The Apollo 11 Eagle Lunar Module ascent stage was abandoned in lunar orbit after the historic landing in 1969. Its fate is unknown. Numerical analysis described here provides evidence that this object ...

Leading up to the historic 1969 Apollo 11 mission, ABC News built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface. See more of the ...

On July 20, 1969 (July 21 in Malta), two astronauts in the lunar module Eagle landed on the moon. This was the first time that man had reached the moon. “Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has ...

Fifty-five years ago today, humans landed on the Moon. On the mission were three American pilots, all military pilots who had served as combat or test pilots before heading to space. Apollo 11’s lunar ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Apollo 11 Command Module just ...

The afternoon crowd in the main plaza of Space Center Houston knew what to expect as they watched Apollo 11’s Lunar Module Eagle spacecraft descend slowly. That wasn’t the case 55 years ago when ...

It was one giant leap for mankind, but 55 years on NASA has arguably been unable to better its remarkable feat of putting people on the moon. The successful Apollo 11 mission delivered two American ...

A fascinating letter by Neil Armstrong revealing how he would look out for aliens when landing on the moon has come to light 56 years on. Three months before the Apollo 11 mission, the astronaut was ...