First moon landing still amazes the world today, a powerful example of American exceptionalism

Man first stepped first on the moon with the historic NASA Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. The incredible feat of human ...

In 1972, Apollo 16 astronaut John Young jumped into the air while saluting the flag, creating one of NASA’s most unusual photographs from the Moon

Apollo 16 commander John W. Young was captured in a remarkable moment, leaping while saluting the American flag on the lunar ...

In 1971, an Apollo 14 astronaut took nearly 500 tree seeds around the Moon; many later germinated into ‘Moon Trees’ on Earth

The Apollo 14 mission took a remarkable step in history by sending tree seeds into lunar orbit. After these seeds were brought back, the U.S. Forest Service managed to germinate them. During the ...
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Supercon 2023: Restoring The Apollo Guidance Computer

Humans first visited the Moon in 1969. The last time we went was 1972, over 50 years ago. Back then, astronauts in the Apollo program made their journeys in spacecraft that relied on remarkably basic ...

Far Above the Earth, NASA's Apollo Lunar Lander Put Astronauts on the Moon

America's most daring, extraordinary feat, landing astronauts on the moon, remains the pinnacle of achievement by anyone anywhere ...