The priceless lunar sample gifted to Ireland from the first moon landing was lost in an observatory blaze in the 1970s.

Recently released documents reveal how Ireland struggled to find homes for two moon rock displays gifted by the U.S.

Apollo 11. On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in the Lunar Module Eagle and became the first humans to step foot on the lunar surface while astronaut Michael Collins ...

CAPE KENNEDY, Fla., July 14, 1969 (UPI) -Launch crews, undismayed by an apparent Soviet gamble to upstage them, turned on Apollo 11's vital generators today and rolled toward Wednesday's start of ...