“A couple of days before the moon landing, ... He set sail on the USS Hornet from Long Beach, Calif., to prepare for the recovery of the Apollo 11 crew and capsule in the Pacific Ocean.

The capsule called Columbia hasn't left the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., since 1976. It's heading out on tour to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.

Apollo 11 moon landing celebrated as pioneering milestone, ... suborbital flight in a Mercury spacecraft in early May 1961 that made him the first American in space.

The Apollo 11 Moon Landing, ... The Apollo 11 spacecraft command module is loaded aboard a Super Guppy aircraft at Ellington Air Force Base for shipment to North American Rockwell Corp. NASA ...

My ‘Moon Memory’ of the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon on July 20th, 1969 was somewhat of a juxtaposition to a former space event that occurred on January 27, 1967 on Pad 34 at Cape C… ...

3D video takes you inside Apollo 11 01:43. Imagine sitting in a cramped capsule packed with wires, buttons and switches, about to embark on a historic journey with legendary Apollo 11 astronauts ...

Apollo 11 moon landing was 55 years ago today. Here’s how to celebrate ... It’s on display at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, along with their return capsule.

Apollo John Lithgow to launch into life of Apollo 11 astronaut in new podcast 'BUZZ' Stargazing ispace's Resilience spacecraft lands on the moon this week: Here's how to see the landing zone on ...

Oct. 11: Astronauts Wally Schirra, Walter Cunningham and Donn Eisele are launched on the first manned test flight of the Apollo spacecraft, Apollo 7. Nov. 5: Richard Nixon elected president.

Apollo 11 landing anniversary: How Nasa made a flag fly on the Moon with no air. ... chief of technical services at Nasa's Manned Spacecraft Center (now Johnson Space Center).

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A full moon photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its journey homeward. The ...

NASA’s Orion capsule reached the moon on Monday, ... Orion’s flight path took it over the landing sites of Apollo 11, 12 and 14 — humanity’s first three lunar touchdowns.