Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.

Fifty years ago today, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. It took about 410,000 people to put them there. One of them was Vancouver resident Libby Montoya-Bunkley’s late ...

BUFFALO — A half a century ago, an estimated 500 million people watched their televisions with bated breath as Apollo 11 landed on the Moon and Neil Armstrong took that remarkable "one small step for ...

Before that “giant leap for mankind” 40 years ago today, a hundred-thousand small steps guided American astronauts toward the moon. Many of those steps originated in the Southland. KPCC’s Washington ...

WASHINGTON — Michael Collins, the one astronaut who did not step foot on the moon during the famed Apollo 11 mission, has died. He was 90. In a statement, Collins's family said he passed away ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Apollo 11 Command Module just ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS -- David Adan stared at rows of lights and dials for three days. In that tense week 50 years ago, space workers on the ground were dealing with three guys who were lost in space.

As NASA and SpaceX prepare for the first astronaut launch from U.S. soil in nearly a decade, it’s important to understand how far human spaceflight has come since the first space explorer. Leading up ...