July 16 this year marks the 57th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission, which saw two men walk on the Moon.

Yet no human has been back to the lunar surface since the last Apollo astronaut left it in 1972, and plans to put people on ...

FILE- In this image released by NASA, Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., a lunar module pilot, stands on the lunar surface after the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969. The Lunar Module is seen in ...

Having launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon on July 20, the Apollo 11 astronauts returned home and splashed down ...

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Click to open image viewer. This 16mm data acquisition camera (DAC) was used to document the undocking of the Apollo 11 lunar module from the command module and its landing on the Moon on July 20, ...

Apollo 11 - Landing on the Sea of Tranquility - July 20, 1969. 16mm landing film by Gary Neff, source footage courtesy John Knoll. Full description: http://history ...

A broken engine switch threatened to leave the first Moon walkers trapped on the lunar surface until an ordinary pen became ...

This two-minute video montage shows highlights of the Apollo 11 moonwalk on July 20, 1969. (NASA Johnson video) July 1969. It ...

What did the Apollo 11 astronauts eat on their historic journey to the moon? From freeze-dried chicken and rice to bacon ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — America’s most daring, extraordinary feat — landing astronauts on the moon — remains the pinnacle of achievement by anyone anywhere. Ever. And the lunar lander — a ...