And on July 16, 1969, Morgan was assigned to a console in the launch control facility at the Kennedy Space Center during the launch of Apollo 11. She was the only woman in the firing room.

Apollo 11 took off for the moon this week in 1969. To prepare the astronauts, Nasa put them through gruelling, relentless simulations – and BBC Tomorrow's World paid a visit.

At 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 blasted off into the Florida skies from Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the launch Tuesday, NASA spoke to ...

The lone female launch controller for Apollo 11, JoAnn Morgan, enjoyed seeing the much updated- firing room. One thing was notably missing, though: stacks of paper.

Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were the most important people to NASA on launch day in 1969, but they did have competition. There were thousands of Very Import… ...

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Collins had the spotlight to himself this time ...

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Collins had the ...

Back at Kennedy, NASA televised original launch video of Apollo 11, timed down to the second. Then Cabana turned his conversation with Collins to NASA's next moonshot program, Artemis, named after ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Collins had the ...