It was July 1969, and humankind’s much-anticipated trip to the surface of the moon was days away. The public, and the newspapers, couldn’t get enough of the three “moon men” of Apollo 11: Neil ...

Leading up to the historic 1969 Apollo 11 mission, ABC News built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface. See more of the ...

A 1969 documentary on the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon made by NASA, telling the story of the historic first landing of men on the Moon in July, 1969. It depicts the principal highlight events of the ...

Fifty-five years ago today, July 15th, 1969, Apollo 11 lifted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center. Four days later, two astronauts would become the first humans to walk on the moon. If not for ...

For many, it's common knowledge that the Apollo 11 mission successfully landed on the moon, but the technology that got them ...

Apollo 11 was the first space mission to land men on the moon. The flight was launched on July 16, 1969. After eight days, the craft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. When word came that the crew ...

Despite how momentous and well-documented the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, was, that doesn't mean everybody thinks what happened really happened. Conspiracy theories have an alluring pull ...

In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. (Neil Armstrong/NASA via ...

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong announced his historic arrival on the ancient lava plain of Mare Tranquillitatis with the following message to NASA: "Houston, Tranquility Base ...

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” These were the historic words of Neil Armstrong in the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon. It was one of humanity’s achievements. But ...