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The Smithsonian has added the Cincinnati Museum Center as the fifth and final stop on the national tour of “Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission.” The exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of ...

In 1971 Stuart Roosa — the command module pilot of Apollo 14 — carried hundreds of tree seeds around the Moon.

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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In 1967, a preflight test for the first crewed flight of Apollo on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy resulted in a tragedy and ...

On July 20, 1969, eight years after President John F. Kennedy pledged to land a man on the lunar surface and return him safely to Earth, astronaut Michael Collins sat alone in the command module ...

Michael Collins, the man who stayed behind aboard the Apollo 11 command module while crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the moon and walked into history, has passed away after a ...

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 ...

Well, there are some things you can actually own, for instance, these weird souvenirs from space missions. However, these ...

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.