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May 31, 2019

NASA sets sights on Moon missions, selects 3 firms for lunar deliveries

NASA has selected three companies to deliver science and technology payloads to the lunar surface on robotic landers over the next few years.

May 30, 2019

Apollo 11 Moon landing celebrated with new LEGO set

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Lego has partnered with NASA to create the LEGO Creator Expert NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander.

May 24, 2019

Apollo 11 brooch worn by Neil Armstrong's wife surfaces, up for sale

A commemorative gold brooch that belonged to the wife of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong is up for sale.

May 1, 2019

Astronaut Terry Virts: How Apollo 11 inspired my space journey

Terry Virts was just a year old when Neil Armstrong took and Buzz Aldrin took their historic first steps on the Moon. A few years later, the epic Apollo 11 mission sparked a lifelong passion for space in the youngster, laying the foundations for his future career as an astronaut.

March 28, 2019

Americans will return to moon by 2024 -- with or without NASA, Pence says

Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday called on NASA to step up its game and land astronauts on the moon within five years, “by any means necessary.”

March 24, 2019

'Wonder, awe, excitement': Apollo 16 astronaut describes walking on the Moon

Charles Duke watched from Mission Control in Houston when his fellow Apollo astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic Moon landing on July 20, 1969. Less than three years later he followed in their footsteps as the Apollo 16 lunar module pilot.

March 23, 2019

'It was very close to an abort': How the nerve-wracking final seconds of the Apollo 11 Moon landing unfolded

When the Apollo 11 lunar module descended to the Moon on July 20, 1969, NASA astronaut Charles Duke was tensely monitoring the spacecraft’s nail-biting progress from Mission Control in Houston.

December 21, 2018

Apollo 8 astronauts recount NASA's epic first mission to the Moon

On the morning of Dec. 21, 1968 NASA’s Apollo 8 spacecraft lifted off atop a Saturn V rocket from Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center on humanity's first journey to another world.

December 19, 2018

Astronaut describes watching the Moon landing with President Nixon in the White House

On July 20, 1969, NASA astronaut Frank Borman watched with President Nixon in the White House as his colleague Neil Armstrong took his historic first steps on the Moon.

December 3, 2018

To the Moon and back: Apollo 11 Lunar Checklist sold at auction

A checklist that traveled to the surface of the Moon with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin has been sold at auction in New York for $62,500.