It was July 1969, and humankind’s much-anticipated trip to the surface of the moon was days away. The public, and the newspapers, couldn’t get enough of the three “moon men” of Apollo 11: Neil ...

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 ...

Despite how momentous and well-documented the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969, was, that doesn't mean everybody thinks what happened really happened. Conspiracy theories have an alluring pull ...

The question is simple: why haven’t humans returned to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972? The main reason is money. After the ...

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong announced his historic arrival on the ancient lava plain of Mare Tranquillitatis with the following message to NASA: "Houston, Tranquility Base ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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 Aldrin’s ...

"Man came to the moon and walked on its dead surface Sunday, July 20, 1969. Two men, wearing American flags sewn to their gleaming white spacesuits, became the first humans to walk on the alien lunar ...

Legendary astronaut and space pioneer Buzz Aldrin is celebrating his 96th birthday today, marking another remarkable milestone in a life that has helped define humanity’s journey beyond Earth.

MCALESTER, Okla. — A McAlester woman who played a part in the Apollo 11 mission is celebrating her 107th birthday. Mary ...

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, ...

With the concept of a monoculture truly buried by social media, it's difficult to imagine a singular live event captivating the entire country and most of the planet. No event better exemplified this ...