Aldrin is still planting flags 56 years after he did so on the moon, only now it is in a commercial asking "Can you text me ...

The National Air and Space Museum holds approximately 17,000 space artifacts in its collection. More than 3,500 of those stem from the historic Apollo Moon landing effort, with 400 objects related ...

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.

When NASA announced its first team of astronauts, dubbed the Mercury 7, in 1959, over 200 members of the media attended the press conference. These seven men were the latest weapon against the ...

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.

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 ...

Insurers say their mission’s too risky. So secretly they sign Apollo 11 commemorative envelopes. Featuring space-themed images and stamps, they’re nicknamed “insurance covers”. If the men ...

Space, the Planets and Apollo 11. collectionSpace, the Planets and Apollo 11 A collection of songs for Early Years and primary pupils, suitable for celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo ...

Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space. As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first crewed lunar landing mission, ...

Even if the flags have remained standing when crews rocketed off the moon, it is almost certain that they are not in the same condition as when they were first deployed on the lunar surface.

The sight of the American flag standing proudly on the lunar surface became a powerful visual representation of the Apollo 11 mission's success and the culmination of the space race. The flag ...

A new podcast series from LAist Studios, titled "L.A. Made: The Other Moonshot," features first-hand accounts of the ...