Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but it was too late. The Apollo 11 crew had a design for the first moon landing. Armstrong's ...

This Saturday, July 20 marks the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, which saw millions of people around the world tuning into their TVs to watch the historic moment. NASA has already ...

Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin has teamed up with Verizon to help promote the company's satellite-based solution to cell service "dead zones" in a new commercial.

Verizon is revamping its popular “Can you hear me now?” advertising campaign and using a Brevard resident to do so. Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, who lives in Satellite Beach, stars in a new ...

Moon rocks have also made brief visits at the White House. During Trump's first term in office, a different Apollo 17 rock was on display for the 2017 signing of Space Policy Directive 1, which ...

Apollo 11. On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in the Lunar Module Eagle and became the first humans to step foot on the lunar surface while astronaut Michael Collins ...

T minus 25 seconds…20 seconds and counting…T minus 15 seconds…guidance is internal…12, 11, 10, 9…ignition sequence starts…6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0…all engines running…lift-off, we have ...

How the Common Cold Affected the Crew of Apollo 7 (03:32) Apollo 13's Intense Comms Blackout (03:47) A Moon Sample Reveals a Surprising Link to Earth (02:04) The Design of the Lunar Rover Was ...

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