(Originally published by the Daily News on July 21, 1969.) HOUSTON, TEX., July 20 (Special) “Houston, Tranquility base here. The Eagle has landed.” Tersely, dramatically, astronaut Neil… ...

APOLLO 11 ROLE: Commanded the mission, landed the Eagle spacecraft on the surface of the moon and at 10:56 p.m. on July 20, 1969, became the first man to step foot on the moon.

Apollo 11, the first moon landing mission in July 1969, produced a number of iconic quotes, such as, "The Eagle has landed," and "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." ...

Fifty years ago this week, American astronauts set foot on the surface of the moon, answering a call President John F. Kennedy made years earlier to send a man to ...

Lunar landing operations for the Apollo 11 crew officially began around 9:27 a.m. July 20, ... Eagle's computer experienced several task overloads that tripped program alarms in the spacecraft.

Collins remained in Apollo 11’s Columbia Command Module while his fellow crew members Armstrong and Aldrin famously descended to the Moon’s surface in the Eagle Lunar Module.

11:49 a.m. Traveling at a maximum speed of 24,300 m.p.h., the Apollo crew performs the first critical maneuver of the mission: separating Columbia from the rest of the spacecraft and reversing ...

The Apollo 11 mission is one of the most iconic moments in human history, but did you know there’s a lesser-known story ...

The Eagle lander's computer aimed itself at a crater full of boulders the "size of automobiles", ... Buzz Aldrin spotted an anomaly that could have killed not only the entire crew of Apollo 11, ...

Fifty years ago this week, American astronauts set foot on the surface of the moon, answering a call President John F. Kennedy made years earlier to s ...

Fifty years ago this week, American astronauts set foot on the surface of the moon, answering a call President John F. Kennedy made years earlier to s ...

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