Apollo 11, the historic mission that landed humans on the moon for the first time, ... A cylinder-shaped craft, the service module was 24.6 feet (7.5 m) long and 12.8 feet ...

A manual from the Apollo 11 lunar module could fetch up to $9 million when it goes on sale next week as part of an auction marking the moon landing’s 50th anniversary.

When the Apollo 11 space craft blasted off to the moon 50 years ago this month, one black woman watched from manufacturing facility that worked on the spacecraft. Her name is Mary Matilda Factory.

Fifty years ago, the Apollo 11 mission took us farther from Earth than we had ever gone and, in doing so, brought us all closer, if only for the eight days, three hours, eighteen minutes and ...

Apollo 11, up to a point, will retrace the moon-voyaging route of Apollo 8 and 10: the Saturn V launch into earth orbit, scheduled for July 16; ... As the craft turns upright, ...

apollo 11: 50 years on, the eagle lunar module serves as a reminder of mankind’s ability to innovate Just prior to the historic landing, Armstrong flew the lander over a 131-foot diameter crater ...

The historic launch of the Apollo 11 mission carried three astronauts toward the moon. Two of them would set foot on the lunar surface for the first time in human history.

During Apollo 11, Armstrong partially manually guided the landing craft to the surface. Once on ground, he became the first human to ever set foot on the Moon. He died in 2012, the first of the ...

When Apollo 11 arrived in lunar orbit, the Soviet's probe was already there. The space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union continued even as Apollo 11 astronauts were already walking on the ...

The mesmerising television coverage of the Apollo 11 Moon landing 50 years ago brought previously unthinkable images and ideas into the homes of millions, leaving a profound impact on pop culture ...

On board Apollo 11 was a computer called the Apollo Guidance Computer. It had 2048 words of memory which could be used to store “temporary results” – data that is lost when there is no power.

A flight manual from the Apollo 11 lunar module could fetch up to $9 million when it goes on sale next week as part of an auction marking the moon landing’s 50th anniversary.. The letter-sized ...