The Cold War space race began with the Soviet Union's ... Here are the major events on the road to the Apollo 11 moon landing — along with some significant moments in history along the way.

The crew of Apollo 11 were all experienced astronauts who had been to space before. Cmdr. Neil Armstrong had piloted Gemini 8; that mission was the first time two vehicles docked in space.

the first to successfully make it into space and conduct an Earth orbit test. Apollo 7 launched on Oct. 11, 1968, for a mission that lasted almost 11 days. This flight took off on Dec. 21 ...

"The tension in Mission Control was higher than in the spacecraft," said Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 astronaut and the capsule communicator (CAPCOM) for Apollo 11. "We had communication problems and ...

Those who planned, ran and piloted the Apollo Program will be venerated Saturday at the San Diego Air & Space Museum for the ...

Experience the historic journey to the moon with this video detailing the Apollo 11 mission, which marked the first ...

Small in size but giant in its historical stature, Columbia, the Apollo 11 command module, has taken center stage at Space Center Houston, where it is premiering on display as the star of the ...

revealing new details about what life was like inside Apollo 11 during its historic mission. For example, instead of modern-day Post-It notes, astronauts took advantage of their limited space and ...

Music, too, had a direct link to space. Fly Me to the Moon, the song made famous by Frank Sinatra in 1964, was played on the Apollo 10 mission to orbit the moon. And on the Apollo 11, it was the ...

The Apollo 11 command module is the spacecraft that Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins rode in to the moon and back in 1969. To celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of that ...

Gemini 4 launched on June 3, 1965, with the goals of demonstrating that the US was capable of mounting a multi-day crewed ...