The Apollo missions to the Moon. Few things stand out in modern human history that are as momentous. Now, thanks to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO for short, we have new views of three ...

In 1969, John F. Kennedy’s dream of putting a man on the moon was realized, and it left New Yorkers spellbound. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed Apollo 11’s lunar module ...

These Photos of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Will Leave You in Awe. Fifty years later, it still boggles the mind that humans visited the moon. By Kelly Sherin Published: Jul 20, 2019 6:30 AM EDT.

See photos of NASA's historic Apollo moon landing sites of the late 1960s and early 1970s as seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Obiter in lunar orbit today. Skip to main content.

Apollo missions never flew during a full moon, ... NASA was happy to release images of the Apollo XV LEM photographed from the front, but profile shots were kept under wraps.

Apollo 14 was the fourth crewed moon landing and is most famous for being the first and only mission in which an astronaut played golf on the moon. See photos from the adventures of the Apollo 14 ...

This shot of the Moon was taken after Apollo 11 set a course back to Earth. Mare Crisium is left of center. The crew of Apollo 11 took this shot of our home planet from Earth orbit.

The photos also show views of the moon’s surface and more. Astronauts David R. Scott, James B. Irwin and Alfred M. Worden all entered lunar orbit during the Apollo 15 mission on July 29, 1971.

Fifty years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin accomplished NASA's goal of putting men on the moon, we look back at some of the best images from the Apollo program. Watch the video above to see ...

That leaves Apollo 11 and Apollo 14 through 17. Apollo 13 never landed on the moon because of an explosion on board the ship on the way to the moon. The images for Apollo 14 are the best so far.

LRO launched in June 2009, and first captured close-up images of the Apollo landing sites in July of that year. The $504 million car-size spacecraft is currently on an extended mission through at ...

The only photo of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong standing on the moon is slated to go up for auction, where it's expected to sell for big bucks.