You can now take the controls of a historic NASA spacecraft — literally. A team of Hollywood prop and visual artists are offering replicas of the Apollo command module control panel. The ...

On July 20, 1969, Apollo astronaut Fred Haise was at NASA’s Mission Control in Houston when the Eagle lunar module descended to the surface of the Moon. As the backup lunar module pilot to Buzz Aldrin ...

The words spoken by astronaut Neil Armstrong when he became the first man to step foot on the moon — at 10:56 pm Eastern Time on July 20, 1969 — have since become one of the most famous sentences ever ...

HOUSTON — The Apollo 11 moon mission landed two astronauts, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, on the lunar surface while a third, command module pilot Michael Collins, orbited above on July 20, 1969, in ...

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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 ...

President John F. Kennedy’s proposal to Congress in May 1961 to land a man on the moon before the decade’s end was met not with unified support, but resounding skepticism, borne out in a Gallup poll ...

The moon shone brighter this week, all full of itself. Leading up to the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, four full moons reminded us just how far we’ve come and gone. Lunar cycles aside, I want to ...

During an extravehicular activity walkthrough on Jan. 28, 1970, astronaut Fred Haise, Apollo 13 lunar module pilot, uses an Apollo Lunar Surface Drill to make a 10-foot (3 meters) hole for a heat flow ...

Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.