Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday ... Michael Collins spent the golden anniversary at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida. He marked the precise moment ...

Then you have a compelling era and setting — the late 1960s and the Kennedy Space Center in Florida — and a fascinating subject in the run-up to Apollo 11 and the landing of men on the moon.

Find out more about the Apollo 11 mission below ... the crew of three tragically died in a launch pad fire. On the morning of 16 July 1969, astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael ...

Fifty years ago today, the massive Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 11 mission that would fulfill President Kennedy’s goal of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth ...

An outdoor experience which focuses on the famed Launch Pad 39A − and includes ... The remaining Apollo missions, including the Apollo 11 moon landing, launched from 39A. Today, 39A sees SpaceX ...

CAPE KENNEDY -- America's first three Apollo astronauts died only 218 feet off the ground Friday night in a blazing explosion inside their space capsule atop its launch pad. An electrical spark ...

(01:11) 10 Fun Facts About Bioluminescence (02:38) A Map of Migrating Birds (00:25) Apollo 11 Launch: Photographed (03:51) How Cowboys Breed Perfect Cattle (04:12) ...

Apollo 11’s crew enjoy a traditional astronaut ... the men can see over a million spectators out on the coast. Then they spot Launch Pad 34. That’s where their friends on the Apollo 1 mission ...

A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal.

Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/We-Have-Liftoff.html Photographer David Burnett focused his camera on the many tourists who flocked to ...

Firefly's Blue Ghost lunar lander has launched from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A, and is on a 45-day journey to the moon for ...