"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...

Iconic photograph of the Earth captured by the crew of the Apollo 11 mission as it begins its translunar transit. A superb African continent, the cradle of Humanity, winks at these first space ...

Neil A. Armstrong ... 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 ...

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 ...

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.

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This week marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, which first landed American astronauts on the moon's surface. Of the intrepid crew, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have tended to ...

Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong ... McClelland's "help on the Apollo XI mission & emblem." Both Armstrong's and Collins' signed photos, together with a third inscribed "with many thanks ...