On September 22, 2011, just a year prior to his death, Neil Armstrong gave a rare public account of his final few thousand feet of descent to the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969, in the Lunar ...

It all started with a declaration by a president in the midst of a cold war. Saturday, July 20, marks the 50th anniversary of man landing on the moon. Those five decades have allowed historians to ...

Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to walk on the Moon. The astronauts collected Moon rocks, took photos, and set up scientific ...

Relive one of humanity’s greatest achievements — the first landing of men on the Moon in July 1969. This NASA film, preserved by the National Archives, follows the Apollo 11 mission from its powerful ...

Steve Bales isn’t a known name like astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. But his critical ‘go’ decision during the Apollo 11 moon landing made a big difference in the history of the Cold War.

Gene Kranz, who served in Apollo mission control as "White Flight," was at the head of the room when Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Apollo 13 "had a problem." He may have never said "Failure is not ...