Moon rocks have also made brief visits at the White House. During Trump's first term in office, a different Apollo 17 rock ...

Aldrin is still planting flags 56 years after he did so on the moon, only now it is in a commercial asking "Can you text me ...

The Apollo 11 astronauts used advanced technology to land on the Moon. The Saturn V rocket was the largest rocket ever at that point — although SpaceX's Starship topped it when it took flight in ...

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 ...

One of the largest machines ever built, the 363-foot rocket was as tall as a 36-story building. Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 ...

Image caption, Introducing the Apollo 11 Crew: Neil Armstrong (commander), Buzz Aldrin (lunar module pilot), and Michael Collins (command module pilot). A giant Saturn V rocket will fire Apollo 11 ...

Consider that 50 years ago this month a 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket weighing as much as 400 ... But the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 reminds us that this laughably ambitious goal has in fact ...