It's 55 years since US astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first people to walk on the Moon. Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969. As he did so, he ...

The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there ...

A Jan. 25 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of the front page of The Washington Post announcing that the Apollo 11 mission had successfully landed on the moon. The Post's story, ...

Lawmakers are pushing for the 4 Artemis II astronauts to receive one of the highest civilian honors, a Congressional Gold Medal, after moon mission.

Apollo 11 looked flawless from Earth, but the mission nearly failed before it even left the launch pad. A hydrogen valve ...

The cosmos is providing a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing this weekend, and plenty of other events honor Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin's giant leap. Aldrin, 94, the last ...

The flight jacket of the Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin was sold for about $2.8 million in New York, according to the auction house Sotheby's. Aldrin wore the jacket on the historic mission to the ...

The USA TODAY Network has learned two US lawmakers plan to introduce legislation nominating the Artemis II astronauts for a ...

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The jacket worn on the historic first mission to the moon sold for millions this week. Courtesy of Sotheby's via AP Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin saw an out-of-this-world bid on Tuesday when his ...

SpaceX founder Elon Musk is planning to launch his Tesla Roadster into space Tuesday. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN to chat about the Falcon Heavy launch -- which will feature the ...