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Find the locations of the five landing zones considered as the setting for humanity's first steps on another world.
In honor of the 56th anniversary of the moon landing, which started Florida’s reputation as a rocket launch hub, here’s more about Earth’s natural satellite.
Of course, it was the Saturn V heavy-lift rocket that took those astronauts through outer space to their destiny 56 years ago.  Many today are confused about how a nation that lacked the kind of ...
Often overlooked in the shadow of Apollo 11, Apollo 12 was a mission of remarkable achievements and quiet heroism. Launched ...
TODAY MARKS THE 56TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST MOON LANDING, AND TO COMMEMORATE THIS MILESTONE, THE STAFF AT THE FALLS OF THE OHIO STATE PARK INVITED KIDS TO TAKE THEIR OWN MOON SHOT. KIDS DESIGNED, ...
NASA astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins blasted off on their famous mission to land and walk on the ...
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 ...
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Rowland Freedom Center hosts Apollo lecture
Although it’s been 52 years since the Apollo 11 mission first took man to the moon and 30 years since Tom Hanks famously told ...
The first joint space mission between the United States and Russia (then the Soviet Union) docked in Earth orbit half a ...
Huge crowds gathered along Florida’s Space Coast to watch the Apollo 11 mission launch. Here, spectators at Cocoa Beach look on as the Saturn V rocket blasts off on July 16, 1969. Credit: Getty ...
The Apollo 11 rocket is shown pre-launch next to a gantry in the center background of the piece. The launch area is partially obscured by a mound of vegetation.