A shared dream of reaching the moon united the Apollo astronauts in a massive ... steps in lunar living—ultimately appeared in National Geographic and other magazines throughout the Apollo ...

On July 20, 1969, the world held its breath as astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin made the first steps on the moon. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of this landmark moment, we ...

From 1982 to 2006, he served on the National Geographic Society's board of trustees ... to our "Dear Spacecraft" series in 2019. Dear Apollo 11 Command Module, May I still call you Columbia?

Michael Collins, the astronaut who piloted the command module during the Apollo 11 mission to land ... Collins was a member of the National Geographic Society board of trustees for 24 years ...

National Geographic has always been at the forefront ... travels to the moon in our July cover story “50 years after Apollo 11, a new moon race is on.” ...

Houston, we have a sale. On July 20, the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, the New York auction house Bonhams is selling almost 300 celestial items in its eighth annual Space ...

Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin poses with the US flag planted on the Sea of Tranquility. If you look closely, you can see Aldrin’s face through his helmet visor. Since 2009 ...

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the Moon near a leg of the Lunar Module during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). IMAGE COURTESY OF NASA A ...

A close-up of Pete Conrad's bootprint on the Moon's regolith surface, as shot by Apollo 12's Alan Bean ... in an email to National Geographic (UK). Produced by Eastman Kodak and shot on stripped ...

Before Neil Armstrong could take his historic first step on the moon, NASA needed to know exactly where the Apollo 11 spacecraft could ... a curator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space ...

In 1971, President Richard Nixon proclaimed July 20 National Moon Walk Day to commemorate ... for the first time after their journey on Apollo 11 with pilot Michael Collins. Even though 48 years ...

The legendary site of the Apollo 11 liftoff offers views of the launch ... now rests inside the National Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center. Photograph by Dane Penland, Smithsonian ...