(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 Lunar Module (LM) was a key part of NASA’s Apollo program, responsible for carrying astronauts from lunar orbit to the ...

The "gold foil" isn't gold or foil at all, but rather something called Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI), which is used as a ...

Some were lost during missions, others deliberately dumped, all of them now part of the growing problem of space debris.

The month of July 2025 is filled with several enjoyable celestial events. The range of events includes the first meteor ...

Celebrate the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with your kids at Space Exploration Day at MOSI. Read about all ...

Apollo 13, Ron Howard's docudrama about a disastrous mission to the moon, turns 30 this month. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and ...

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

Russell “Rusty” Schweickart was among the first astronauts in space and the first to pilot the lunar module during the Apollo ...

The date, which has inspired novels and horror movies, is believed to be one filled with bad luck, much like breaking a mirror, opening an umbrella inside, or walking under a ladder. If you fear ...

Apollo 11's Saturn V rocket needed a lot of power to launch into orbit and reach the Moon. Here's what engines the spacecraft used to accomplish its mission.

The three-person Apollo 11 crew was made up of Navy aviators and an Air Force pilot. They became the first mission to land on the Moon.