The first manned mission to the moon, Apollo 11, launched on July 16, 1969. The crew of NASA's Apollo 11 mission, from left, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Michael Collins, and Neil Armstrong, pose with a ...

2. Shared by NASA, the image showcases a close-up view of an astronaut's bootprint in the lunar soil during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the moon. 3. Shown as a crown of white flares ...

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena ... A little more than four years after the final Ranger images, Apollo 11 landed the first humans on the moon. The impacts of the Ranger probes ...

NASA’s Apollo Program was built on ambition, but it nearly collapsed after a deadly disaster. From the Apollo 1 tragedy to the moon landing and Apollo 13’s near-failure, this is the real story behind ...

Buzz' on the Moon: NASA astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin poses for a photograph beside the US flag during an Apollo 11 EVA on the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-1 captures Earth: NASA Moon Minerology ...

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That he, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins—with the help of thousands of NASA engineers ... But the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 reminds us that this laughably ambitious goal has ...