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

An ordinary felt-tip pen that helped save two astronauts from being stranded on the Moon has been sold at auction for ...

On July 16, 1969 the daring mission began. On July 20, Apollo 11 put Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon's surface ...

Sotheby’s Space Exploration auction features the life-saving instrument, a Snoopy pin, space-flown flags, and more.

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

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 Commander Neil Armstrong demonstrates the erection of the lunar surface deployable S-band antenna as lunar module pilot Edwin E. Aldrin works with lunar sampling equipment. For the full ...

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 ...

Although the US’ Moon landings were mostly made famous by the fact that it featured real-life human beings bunny hopping across the lunar surface, they weren’t there just for a refreshing stroll over ...

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It's 55 years since US astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to walk on the Moon. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969. As he did so, he ...