Fearful that the Russians would continue their lead in the space race and be the first to put a man on the moon, NASA felt an enormous pressure to push the Apollo Program forward as quickly as ...

The three crew members of the Apollo 11 mission were Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. Armstrong was the astronaut ...

Aldrin, now 94, is the only surviving Apollo 11 crew member. Armstrong died in 2012 and Collins passed away in 2021. Another 10 American men followed Armstrong and Aldrin in walking on the moon ...

Apollo 11. On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in the Lunar Module Eagle and became the first humans to step foot on the lunar surface while astronaut Michael Collins ...

"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his handwritten letter, it was too late. The Apollo 11 commander and his crewmates ...

Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee had been selected as the crew for Apollo ... Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra ...

Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his handwritten letter, it was too late. The Apollo 11 commander and his crewmates had already arrived at a design to represent the first moon ...