But it was a magnificent ship too—none more so than the Apollo that got the numeral 11. That, of course, is the one that ...

Michael Collins—a two-time astronaut who piloted the command module during the historic Apollo 11 mission that landed the first humans on the Moon—died on Wednesday after battling cancer, his family ...

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Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.

Cincinnati is the fifth and final stop for the historic command module before it returns to the National Air and Space Museum. It's the only portion of the historic Apollo 11 spacecraft to return to ...

Once America's most experienced astronaut, Apollo 13's Jim Lovell, who died at 97, was the first to visit the moon twice.

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 moon mission, which saw human beings walk on the surface of the moon for the very first time. This mission was, without a doubt, one of ...