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 half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from planet Earth stepped onto another world for the first time, ...

Astronaut Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, is beside the U.S. flag during an Apollo 11 moon walk. The Lunar Module (LM) is on the left, and the ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- NASA is celebrating its 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing this Saturday, and they're taking a look back at that historic day in 1969. NASA's history office shared some very ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This 16mm data acquisition camera ...

International Moon Day was celebrated on July 20, observing the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The Apollo 11 mission, which launched from Florida, kickstarted a rich history of rocket ...

Legendary astronaut Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. shared a heartfelt message on the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, recalling the historic moment when the lunar module Eagle landed at ...

Apollo 11 was the climax of nearly a decade of engineering risk and Cold War pressure. As the Lunar Module descended, computer alarms and fuel shortages threatened to abort the landing. With seconds ...

Apollo 11’s “live” moon landing was seen by the world, but the highest-quality original signal was recorded on rare telemetry tapes that later vanished inside NASA’s archives. Decades later, a long ...

July 20th is Moon Day, Space Exploration Day and the anniversary of the first Apollo 11 moonwalk. Here’s a look at the Apollo program and the new Artemis program to return to the lunar surface.