Apollo 11 Launch NASA The Apollo 11 mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on July 16, 1969, bearing the first humans to walk on the moon. Placing the Flag on the Moon NASA The deployment of the flag of the United States on the surface of the moon is captured on ...
Apollo 11, U.S. spaceflight in which astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon. Apollo 11 was the culmination of the Apollo program and a massive national commitment by the United States to beat the Soviet Unio
In the United States, the summer of 1969 was highlighted by theApollo 11moon landing, marked by the "peace and music" festivalWoodstock-- and marred by a gruesome killing spree that claimed the lives of actressSharon Tateand eight others, if not more. At the center of this maelstrom wasCh...
Moon rock on board the ISS. Credit: NASA Of course, during this mission we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Fittingly, there was a Moon rock on board the ISS. The 3.6 billion year-old lunar sample was flown to the station aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-11...
In the 1960s and 1970s, 12 men landed and walked on the moon. See how all of NASA's Apollo missions happened in this photo tour.
On July 20, 1969 we achieved something spectacular and inspiring, landing the first men on the moon, and then returning them safely to Earth. Fueled by Cold War tensions, the decade-long space race culminating with the Apollo 11 mission, yielded one of the most fruitful periods of technologic...
Previously, the U.S. had not returned to themoon’ssurface since the Apollo program ended more than 50 years ago. This image pair shows LRO views of the area surrounding the Odysseus site before and after its landing.(Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University) ...
Though her engagement and marriage to George Clooney thrust her into the public eye, internationally celebrated human rights lawyer Amal Clooney (née Alamuddin) cultivated her own personal style long before meeting her husband.
Oscar®-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for the riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong's perspective, based...
In the United States, the summer of 1969 was highlighted by theApollo 11moon landing, marked by the "peace and music" festivalWoodstock-- and marred by a gruesome killing spree that claimed the lives of actressSharon Tateand eight others, if not more. At the center of this maelstrom wasCh...