A New York auction house is set to sell more than 300 space artifacts on Monday (March 25), including original documents that were flown to the moon and used to carry out the first manned lunar landing. Full story
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Famed space man Buzz Aldrin, the second person ever to walk on the moon, celebrated his 83rd birthday in cosmic style on Sunday. Full story
"The Last Frontier" has been reunited with the "final frontier" after the return of moon rocks that went missing in Alaska nearly 40 years ago. The tale of the tiny lunar pebbles' restoration to the 49th state includes an arson's fire, a teenager's theft, a science fair photo and a ship's captain fr Full story
Five small fragments of the moon, which were collected at Tranquility Base 40 years ago and gifted to the people of Minnesota, have been found by the National Guard. Full story
The iconic astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon, was buried at sea today (Sept. 14). Full story
The night before the Apollo 11 launch, July 15, 1969 NBC’s David Brinkley talked about how historic the moon landing would be and how long it would be remembered.
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Congress presented the Congressional Gold Medal Wednesday to the crew of Apollo 11. House and Senate leaders honored astronauts John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
Thirty years after, the historic Apollo 11 spaceflight, which landed the first men on the moon in July of 1969, NBC’s Time and Again looked back at the heroes and inspiration of that mission. NBC’s David Brinkley reports.
Relive the moments leading up to humanity's first landing on another world.
epa03634725 A photograph released by Bezos Expeditions on 21 March 2013 reportedly shows a thrust chamber from the Saturn V rocket F-1 engine that launched the Apollo 11 mission taking Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on Man's first trip to the Moon nearly 44 years ago. The
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden looks on as Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin gives a salute during a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Friday. The ceremony paid tribute to astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 fire of 1967 as well as the 1986 Challenger explosion a
In this image taken from video, NASA engineers test fire a key part of a rocket engine left over from the 1960s-era Apollo moon missions on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, in Huntsville, Ala. Engineers hope to gain valuable knowledge from the engine, which was originally supposed to power the Apollo 11 moo
Apollo 11 crew's portrait session shows astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin in this July 1969 handout photo courtesy of NASA. REUTERS/NASA/Handout
