Apollo is remembered for Neil Armstrong stepping onto the Moon, but the program was built through a long chain of dangerous tests, failures, fixes, and near disasters. Before Apollo 11, NASA had to ...

“I am very saddened to learn of the passing of Neil Armstrong today. Neil and I trained together as technical partners but were also good friends who will always be connected through our participation ...

It's 55 years since US astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to walk on the Moon. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969. As he did so, he ...

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 ...

This American flag patch is from the left arm on Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 suit. This image was taken in April 2006 at the National Air and Space Museum's Garber Facility in Suitland, MD. Astronaut ...

In this video, we focus on the Saturn V rocket, which launched the Apollo spacecraft into orbit. Notably, there were 13 ...

You’re in a spacecraft, on a mission to land on the moon for the first time in history, and the microphone to Earth is off. What do you say? Now you can listen in on a NASA Web site and find out. As ...

The Apollo 11 lunar landing on July 20, 1969, was far from streamlined. Mission Control’s Steve Bales recounts the tense final descent phase that led to man’s first step. ByJim Clash, Contributor.

Click to open image viewer. This 16mm data acquisition camera (DAC) was used to document the undocking of the Apollo 11 lunar module from the command module and its landing on the Moon on July 20, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL — The cosmos is providing a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing this weekend, and plenty of other events honor Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s giant leap.