T minus 25 seconds…20 seconds and counting…T minus 15 seconds…guidance is internal…12, 11, 10, 9…ignition sequence starts…6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0…all engines running…lift-off, we have ...

Apollo 11 took-off from the Kennedy Space Centre in ... Twelve minutes after take-off the rocket entered orbit around the Earth. Approximately 2.5 hours later the engine of the 3rd stage booster ...

Purdue University graduate and Apollo 11 flight commander Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. It was a truly giant leap for mankind, and a seminal moment ...

As someone who is no stranger to comm dropouts on a planetary scale, Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin has teamed up with Verizon to help promote the company's satellite-based solution to cell ...

Neil Armstrong thought he had a 50–50 shot at pulling it off. "There are so many unknowns ... But the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 reminds us that this laughably ambitious goal has in fact ...

The first manned mission to the moon, Apollo 11, launched on July 16 ... Neil Armstrong, front, waves as the crew heads to the van that will take them to the rocket for launch at the Kennedy ...

Half a century ago, on July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts took off for the moon. Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins arrived four days later to a place no human being had ...