This illustration from NASA shows how the Apollo 12 astronauts — and those on future Apollo missions — would sleep in hammocks aboard the LEM while on the moon.

Fifty years on, here are four things that made the Apollo Moon programme one of humankind's greatest technological achievements.

Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin and command module pilot Mike Collins were assigned to the first moon-landing mission in January 1969, six months before launch ...

For comparison, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent 21 hours on the Moon during Apollo 11. The final Moon landing during Apollo 17 lasted 75 hours.

First up: the TIME Moon Landing experience, the world’s most accurate 3D re-creation of the Apollo 11 mission, which took place 50 years ago this month.

Steve Bales isn’t a known name like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. But his bold ‘go’ decision during Apollo 11’s moon ...

Our fourth and final installment in our series is about Grumman, the company which built the Lunar Module (LEM) which made the historic manned landing on the Moon's surface on July 20, 1969.

The problem was where? Their tiny Lunar Excursion Module, nicknamed Eagle, was designed to land them on the moon’s Sea of Tranquility — it was not designed to give them a tranquil night’s sleep.

Fifty years on, here are four things that made the Apollo Moon programme one of humankind's greatest technological achievements.