Apollo 11. On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in the Lunar Module Eagle and became the first humans to step foot on the lunar surface while astronaut Michael Collins ...

with the Eagle beginning its ascent back to the command module on July 21, 1969, before docking and rejoining Apollo 11. On July 22, 1969, Apollo 11 began its journey back to Earth, before safely ...

The first manned mission to the moon, Apollo 11, launched on July 16, 1969. The crew of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, from left, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong, pose with a ...

Minutes later, the historic call came: "On Tranquillity Base, the Eagle has landed ... and exploring the Sea of Tranquillity, Apollo 11's landing site. They also proudly planted an American ...

Recent photos taken by India’s Space Research Organization moon orbiter, known as Chandrayaan 2, clearly show the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later. The photos were ...

‘Houston,’ he says calmly, ‘Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.’ Charlie Duke is Apollo 11’s capsule communicator at Mission Control – CAPCOM, for short. It’s his job to to ...

But the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 reminds us that this laughably ambitious goal has in fact already been proved doable--on a short deadline, at a time when computers were the size of rooms ...