Of the seven automated Surveyor spacecraft launched to the moon between May 1966 and January 1968, only the last, Surveyor 7, aimed for a target selected specifically for its scientific value.

Click unmute on the video above hear mission audio from Flight Day 7 of the Apollo 11 mission and listen to over 50 minutes of audio in the video from NASA below. This summer marks the 50th ...

To photograph a moon mission, the obvious direction to point your camera would be up. But David Burnett, a 22-year-old photographer who was based out of TIME’s Miami bureau, instead zoomed in on the ...

• U.S. astronauts landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969. • An estimated half billion television viewers--at that time, the largest audience ever-watched. • Neil Armstrong descended from the lunar module ...

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the second time humans set foot on the moon. Apollo 12 landed on the surface on this date in 1969. NPR's Geoff Brumfiel has the story of why almost nobody seems to ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- 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 to ...

Apollo 10 was a crewed lunar landing mission, minus the landing. Launched from Cape Kennedy on May 18, 1969, Apollo 10 was the fourth manned Apollo launch in seven months, and it became the second ...

It was July 1969, and humankind’s much-anticipated trip to the surface of the moon was days away. The public, and the newspapers, couldn’t get enough of the three “moon men” of Apollo 11: Neil ...

The Hollywood Reporter's list of television programs celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 lunar landing. By Alexandra Del Rosario July 20, 2019, marks 50 years since Apollo 11 made ...

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