Apollo 11 Moon Landing

A half century ago, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon, meeting President John F. Kennedy's deadline for putting a man on the lunar surface by the end of the 1960s.

By Associated Press

Moon back in NASA's court 50 years after 1st lunar landing
Associated Press - By MARCIA DUNN
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Fifty years after humanity’s first lunar footsteps, the moon is back in NASA’s court. The White House wants U.S. astronauts on the moon pronto — by 2024, a scant five years
July 22
Nation marks 50 years after Apollo 11's 'giant leap' on moon
Associated Press - By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's "giant leap" by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at parties, races, ball games and concerts Saturday, toasting
July 22
Apollo 11 astronauts reunite on 50th anniversary of moonshot
Associated Press - By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins reunited Friday on the eve of the 50th anniversary of humanity's first moon landing. They gathered in the Oval Office with
July 22
Pope: Moon landing inspires progress on justice, environment
Associated Press
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is hoping that the 50th anniversary of the first moon walk inspires efforts to help our "common home" on Earth. Francis told the public in St. Peter's Square on Sunday,
July 22
Armstrong, Aldrin were first of 12 men to walk on the moon
Associated Press - By The Associated Press
During the Apollo space program, 12 men walked on the moon from 1969 to 1972. Neil Armstrong was the first and Gene Cernan was the last to leave the lunar surface. Eight have died.
July 15
Apollo 11 astronauts returning to launch pad 50 years later
Associated Press - By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
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 spotlight
July 16
Here's a fact: We went to the moon in 1969
Associated Press - By JEREMY REHM, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, some people insist it never happened and was all a big hoax by the U.S. government. The suspicions arose even as the
July 15
AP Was There: Man walks on the moon
Associated Press - By JOHN BARBOUR
SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) — This story was first published after NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon on July 20, 1969. The Associated Press is republishing a version of story
July 15
'One small step' and other notable quotes on moon landing
Associated Press - By The Associated Press
“I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth.” — President John F. Kennedy in special State
July 15
Apollo 11's 'amiable strangers' Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins
Associated Press - By MARCIA DUNN
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Mission commander Neil Armstrong was the flying ace, Buzz Aldrin the scholar. Michael Collins was a crack test pilot, too, but also a wordsmith who described the trio as “amiable
July 15
Armstrong's famous "one small step" quote -- explained
Associated Press - By The Associated Press
What did Neil Armstrong really say when he took his first step on the moon? Millions on Earth who listened to him on TV or radio heard this : “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
July 15
Apollo 11 moon landing had thousands working behind scenes
Associated Press - By MARCIA DUNN
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It took 400,000 people to put Apollo 11′s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon a half-century ago. That massive workforce stretched across the U.S. and included engineers,
July 15
Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world
Associated Press - By MARCIA DUNN
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from planet Earth stepped onto another for
July 15
Hometown of first on moon ready to launch 50th celebration
Associated Press - By DAN SEWELL
WAPAKONETA, Ohio (AP) — A small Ohio city is shooting for the moon in celebrating its native son’s history-making walk 50 years ago this month. The hometown of Neil Armstrong has expanded its usual weekend
July 10
Before moon landing, astronauts learned geology in Arizona
Associated Press
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — In a story July 8 about northern Arizona's role in astronaut training, The Associated Press reported erroneously the mission of one astronaut and the name of another. Charlie Duke
July 8
TV is over the moon with specials recounting 1969 landing
Associated Press - By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 1969 moon landing turned an achievement seen only in the imagination and sci-fi movies into a most improbable television event, a live broadcast starring Neil Armstrong and a desolate
July 8
Don't recall Apollo 11? Global festivities have you covered
Associated Press - By JEREMY REHM, Associated Press
You can run a race, hit a museum, shoot off a rocket or count down to the moment 50 years ago that Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the moon. There's no shortage of events and exhibits celebrating
July 1
Restored Mission Control comes alive 50 years after Apollo
Associated Press - By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
HOUSTON (AP) — Gone is the haze of cigarette, cigar and pipe smoke. Gone are the coffee, soda and pizza stains. With only a few exceptions, NASA's Apollo-era Mission Control has been restored to the way
June 28
NASA to open moon rock samples sealed since Apollo missions
Associated Press - By MARCIA DUNN
HOUSTON (AP) — Inside a locked vault at Johnson Space Center is treasure few have seen and fewer have touched. The restricted lab is home to hundreds of pounds of moon rocks collected by Apollo astronauts
June 26
50 years later, the moon is still great for business
Associated Press - By ALEXANDRA OLSON, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Fifty years after humans first visited, businesses are still trying to make a buck off the moon. Hundreds of millions of people were riveted when Apollo 11 landed on the moon on July 20,
June 25
AP-NORC poll: Asteroid watch more urgent than Mars trip
Associated Press - By MARCIA DUNN and EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Americans prefer a space program that focuses on potential asteroid impacts, scientific research and using robots to explore the cosmos over sending humans back to the moon
June 25