National Moon Day is observed every July 20 to honor the Apollo 11 mission and the first human moon landing in 1969. This ...

How a single word changed the meaning of one of history's most famous phrases.

On July 20 1969, three American astronauts—commander Neil Armstrong, command module pilot Michael Collins and lunar module ...

America’s most daring, extraordinary feat — landing astronauts on the moon — remains the pinnacle of achievement by anyone ...

Millions around the world watched on their television screens as the Moon landing in July 1969 happened. NASA had done it. That day as part of the Apollo 11 mission it was the first time in history ...

The 12 NASA astronauts part of the Apollo program remain the only humans to reach the lunar surface.

By 1:11 a.m. on July 21, both astronauts were back in the lunar module and the hatch was closed. The two men slept that night ...

Ohio astronaut Charles Bassett was set for space before a tragic crash ended his life at 34. His legacy lives on.