NASA’s Apollo Program was nearly derailed by tragedy, but against all odds, the world witnessed history in 1969. Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins faced impossible odds to land on the moon—this is how ...

Apollo 11 saw Commander Neil Armstrong ... Duke felt a marked sense of emptiness after the Moon mission and began looking to fill the void. Leaving NASA, he found wealth in the business world ...

NASA clinches the space race with the Soviets in 1969 with a moon landing by Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Twelve astronauts explore the surface over six missions, before the ...

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the Moon. In his visor you can see reflected Neil Armstrong and the Lunar Module. Mankind's first triumphant step off this world. On 20 July 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts ...

Scientists had an interest in this area of the moon as a possible landing zone for a future human landing, and indeed Apollo 11 landed 44 miles southeast of the Ranger 8 impact site in July 1969.

More than 3,500 of those stem from the historic Apollo Moon landing ... You are invited to leave comments and remembrances to help inform our collecting and interpretation efforts. National Air and ...