Platoff explains that Apollo 11's flag-raising on the moon was strictly a symbolic activity. Given that the United States was a signatory to the United Nations Treaty on Outer Space, the nation ...

Since the Apollo 11 astronauts stepped onto the surface ... of the moon for the very first time. However, the Lunar Module landed on the moon several hours prior, at 9.17pm on Sunday, July ...

Before Neil Armstrong took his "giant leap for mankind," NASA staged a series of missions that paved the way for his team's ...

Recent photos taken by India’s Space Research Organization moon orbiter, known as Chandrayaan 2, clearly show the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later. The photos were ...

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is perfectly centered, his silhouette standing out against the monochrome lunar landscape. The ...

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.

NASA's requested funding was spent on the Great Society, including building rapid transit system in several cities ...

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the Moon. In his visor you can see reflected Neil Armstrong and the Lunar Module. Mankind's first triumphant step off this world. On 20 July 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts ...

For the first time, a location beyond Earth has been listed as vulnerable by the World Monuments Fund, an international ...

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Apollo 11 lunar samples, themselves. The four moon pebbles, which were embedded in a single lucite ball and mounted to a wooden podium together with ...

Every year, the World Monuments Fund (WMF) compiles a list of heritage sites it deems at risk, with the aim of building ...