A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong ...

The four members of NASA's Crew-11 mission entered quarantine near Houston ahead of planned launch on July 13 from Florida to ...

The prestigious national Hodson Award is presented yearly to one government law office for extraordinary service and ...

BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – On July 16, 1969 at 9:32 a.m. Eastern Time, the Apollo 11 crew of Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins launched toward the Moon. The astronauts were not the ...

Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, was a private person. Therefore, when he spoke, it commanded attention. Here he ...

Space artist Paul Calle thought he had represented the overall mission for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP). NASA ...

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

The Apollo 11 mission marks one of humanity's most incredible achievements—landing on the Moon. But have you ever wondered ...

Kluger, who has written about the Apollo Program, talks about his new book: 'Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, The Untold Story.' ...

(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 ...

Experience the historic journey to the moon with this video detailing the Apollo 11 mission, which marked the first successful landing on the lunar surface. One astronaut remained in the Command ...

The spacesuit worn by the first Briton in space, the Soyuz that brought the first UK astronaut back to Earth and the only Apollo capsule to be on display outside the U.S. will soon be on the move.