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This Apollo 11 goodwill plaque replica is part of a display set of five commemorative items given by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong.
The Apollo 11 mission, with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins, was the first human lunar landing. In 1974, the Danbury Mint issued approximately 7,500 of these ...
BREVARD COUNTY • KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLORIDA – On July 16, 1969 at 9:32 a.m. Eastern Time, the Apollo 11 crew of Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins launched toward the Moon. The astronauts were not the ...
For the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, here are some obscure numbers about the mission.
The exhibit displays a replica of the plaque on a full-scale model of a lunar module leg, alongside a 3-D printed, life-sized statue of Neil Armstrong in his Apollo 11 spacesuit.
Fifty years ago, two men first set foot upon the surface of the Moon. That's a very simple sentence to write, but getting to grips with what is almost certainly one of the top five events in the ...
Neil Armstrong reads a commemorative plaque affixed to the Apollo 11 lunar module. The video compares existing footage with the partially restored video. The thumbnail image shows the new footage ...
We scoured the online Apollo Image Gallery for great shots from the historic mission, from the crew's earliest training sessions, to their crew reunion in the summer of 1978.
Heritage Auctions says his spacecraft ID plate from Apollo 11’s lunar module Eagle went for $468,500 -- making it the highest-selling item.
On July 16th, fifty years ago, the Apollo 11 astronauts launched from the Kennedy Space Center on a historic mission to become the first people in history to walk on the moon.
Newsweek's July 21 issue featured a timeline of Apollo 11's planned twenty-two hours on the moon's surface and a great illustration titled "U.S. on the Moon" by artist Paul Calle.