On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Earth’s moon. On July 16, 1969, Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were launched from Cape Kennedy atop a ...
It's been 47 years since NASA first put a man on the moon and you can now get an idea of what astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins experienced. The Smithsonian Institute, working ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Apollo 11 Command Module just ...
Few people think about the time Michael Collins didn’t go to the moon. Collins, who died of cancer on April 28 at age 90, is best remembered as Apollo 11’s command module pilot—in some ways the ...
Join the countdown to the final, dramatic 13-minute descent Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to set foot on the Moon Four days earlier, on 16 July 1969 Armstrong, ...
An instant later, at 10:56 p.m., Armstrong stepped off the footpad and onto the the finely-powdered surface. “That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind.” Whether he inadvertently ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins reunited Friday on the eve of the 50th anniversary of humanity's first moon landing. They gathered in the Oval Office ...
Click 'NOW' on the top page to see the status of Apollo 11 in real time. The date and time to be played is shown on the right of the button. Then, the video and audio in the control room and ...
Apollo program is the first manned space flight program for the moon promoted by the United States. Computer historian Ken Siriff has released an image for obtaining the pre-modulation processor (PMP) ...
It's nearly 50 years since the US became the first country to land men on the Moon. The Apollo 11 mission was a huge moment in US and world history, but what exactly happened and why does it matter?
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's "giant leap" by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at parties, races, ball games and concerts Saturday, ...
"We did it. We actually put people on the surface of the moon." Those were the words from former Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell, who was just one of millions of people around the globe who watched in awe ...