President Richard M. Nixon (right) welcomes the Apollo 11 astronauts—Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin (left)—after their return to earth on July 24, 1969. Picture courtesy of NASA.

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

One afternoon in July 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin were nearing the climax of their epic 240,000-mile voyage through the ink-black vacuum of deep space ...

I knew I was alone,” he observed later, “in a way that no earthling has ever been before.” That quote is immortalized on a ...

On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 capsule splashed down, and the astronauts were brought to the USS Hornet. "This year, on ...

Buzz Aldrin is loving married life. Aldrin, who in July 1969 embarked on the Apollo 11 mission with Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins, spoke to People to mark the 55th anniversary of the moon ...

Did you know there is an international day for the Moon? Considering there is also an international day for the sun, it isn't ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. July 20, 1969 - [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes ...

The historic Apollo 11 lunar landing on July 20, 1969, was far from a given. Mission Control’s Steve Bales recounts the tense ...

With advancement of space tech, photographs clicked from space over the years illuminate distant worlds in stunning detail.