The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return...
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NASA will honor the life and historic achievements of astronaut Neil Armstrong during a memorial service at 10 am CDT Thursday, June 20, at the Johnson Space...
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The cosmos is providing a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing this weekend, and plenty of other events honor Neil Armstrong and Buzz...
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“That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” astronaut Neil Armstrong said on July 20, 1969, the day humanity first landed...
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Fifty years ago—on July 20, 1969—the world held its collective breath as U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong took "one giant leap" and landed...
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July 20 (UPI) -- Amid a full moon from San Diego to Houston to Florida to Washington, D.C., activities on Saturday will mark the 55th...
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On July 20, 1969, just eight years after President John F. Kennedy threw down the Cold War gauntlet and announced the ambitious goal of...
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It has been a half-century since Neil Armstrong stepped out of a lunar module and onto the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969 and declared...
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Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. in a photo taken by fellow Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong on July 20, 1969, the day of their historic...
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From Arizona to Hawaii, these landscapes—similar in ways to the surface of the moon—were critical training grounds for the crew.
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