On this day in 1969, NASA formally announced the prime crew selected to carry out the Apollo 11 mission, a decision that would soon mark one of the most defining moments in human history.

The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there ...

NASA's objective was for the experiment to only last for five years. The Apollo 11 crew didn't just just accomplish landing on the lunar surface and returning safely — the men also conducted several ...

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins has revealed a previously unseen photo of the famous Moon landing crew members that he “found at the bottom of a box.” The photo shows Collins, Neil Armstrong and ...

Liftoff of the Apollo 11 Saturn V space vehicle and astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. I t was 50 years ago this week that astronauts Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin ...

There were tears and cheers as Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong took their steps. Fifty years ago this week, the Apollo 11 astronauts -- Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins -- suited up as ...

As Apollo 11 unfolded, the White House quietly prepared for the possibility that Armstrong and Aldrin would never return. This is the story of William Safire’s haunting memo, the speech Nixon was ...

One of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind began on July 16, 1969 – exactly 50 years ago today -- inside Houston's Johnson Space Center. Inside Mission Control on that summer morning, ...

President John F. Kennedy’s proposal to Congress in May 1961 to land a man on the moon before the decade’s end was met not with unified support, but resounding skepticism, borne out in a Gallup poll ...

As Apollo 11 unfolded, NASA and the White House quietly prepared for the unthinkable. This is the forgotten story of the speech President Nixon was ready to deliver if Armstrong and Aldrin were ...

The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing is upon us, and in that time, there has been plenty of ink spilled about the implications, technical specifications, individuals, and historical ...

Fifty years ago next week, 600 million people around the world watched on live television as Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took those historic first footsteps on the moon. Since ...