"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...

A selection of Apollo 11 objects and their current descriptions are viewable in this grouping. Curators in the Museum's Space History Department are constantly acquiring information about objects in ...

However, due to the Space Race with Russia, President John F Kennedy announced the goal of landing an American on the moon’s surface, causing Apollo 11’s mission to change. The astronauts ...

Following Apollo 11, NASA put humans on the moon on another ... But since then neither NASA nor the Russians – or even any space agency worldwide – have even attempted a manned return.

the Apollo 11 rocket and spacecraft will complete just under two months of pad processing operations that will fully test the rocket and prepare it for the first human lunar landing mission.

Abernathy, civil rights leader, Tuesday that America's space program showed that unity could fight hunger problems as well as put a man on the moon. Apollo 11 blasts off for historic moon voyage ...

The crew of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, from left ... the van that will take them to the rocket for launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on July 16, 1969.

She was on the team that specialized in trans-earth injection, the maneuvers that put the spacecraft on course to return to Earth from lunar orbit. During missions including Apollo 8, Apollo 11 ...

The WMF's concern isn't just about physical preservation but also about maintaining the historical and cultural value these sites represent. Artifacts left on the Moon, such as the golden olive branch ...

"There are times when I've seen it and I'm thinking, 'Why is the hair standing up on the back of my neck right now?'" — Tom ...

The National Air and Space Museum holds approximately 17,000 space artifacts ... with 400 objects related specifically to the first successful lunar landing mission, Apollo 11. On July 20, 1969, ...