Lunar landing

For now, anyway.

Apollo 11 Lunar Module `Eagle` (Plastic model) Images List

Moon Landings

#OnThisDay in 1969, Apollo 11's lunar module, Eagle, landed on the moon, forever imprinting its mark on human history. A giant leap for mankind! 🚀🌕 #Apollo11 #MoonLanding #SpaceExploration #HumanAchievement

Here are four separate ways you can prove it, even 50 years after-the-fact.

The knuckle-biting story of the first lunar landing from the people who were there.

On the anniversary of the first man on the moon, and days before the final space shuttle mission will end, Wired takes a look at the extraordinary amount of training astronauts go through before they are mission ready.

The Sea of Tranquility is the landing site of Apollo 11, the mission that gave mankind its first ever walk on the Moon. Walk? Yes, that’s right. The Sea of Tranquility is not actually a sea, so Neil Armstrong didn’t have to walk on water. In fact, there isn’t a single sea on the lunar … Continue reading "Sea of Tranquility"

The crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission arrives atop Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, during the Apollo 11 prelaunch countdown. Leading...