Aldrin is still planting flags 56 years after he did so on the moon, only now it is in a commercial asking "Can you text me ...

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The successful Apollo 11 mission delivered two American astronauts – Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin – to the lunar surface on July 20, 1969 (while Michael Collins famously remained in orbit).

It took Apollo 11 and its astronauts four days, six hours, and 45 minutes to reach the moon. The mission initially aimed to send a three-person crew to orbit the moon, rather than landing on the ...

Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 miles from the launch pad. The Saturn V rocket climbs into orbit.

She was on the team that specialized in trans-earth injection, the maneuvers that put the spacecraft on course to return to Earth from lunar orbit. During missions including Apollo 8, Apollo 11 ...

Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham orbited the earth for ten days in an Apollo command ...

Once upon a time, Gary Sperrazza owned a shop on Elmwood Avenue known as Apollo Records. Sperrazza displayed his wares in row upon row of black bins, rimmed with day-glo pink marker. Anyone who ...

With the Moon looming ever larger in her windows, Apollo 11 splits into two sections. The countdown to the lunar landing has begun. Collins stays in lunar orbit with the Command Module (CM).