Top Ten US EVA Missions of All Time: No. 1—'One Small Step'

By Ben Evans, on June 10th, 2015

One of the relatively few images of Neil Armstrong at work on the lunar surface, close to Eagle. Photo Credit: NASA

On Sunday, 20 July 1969, the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) at NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC)—later to become the Johnson Space Center (JSC)—in Houston, Texas, was filled with tension and expectant […]

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'For One Priceless Moment': 45 Years Since Apollo 11 Changed the World (Part 4)

By Ben Evans, on July 20th, 2014

One of the relatively few images of Neil Armstrong at work on the lunar surface, close to Eagle. Photo Credit: NASA

On Sunday, 20 July 1969, the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) at NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC)—later to become the Johnson Space Center (JSC)—in Houston, Texas, was filled with tension and expectant […]

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NASA Dryden Now Known as NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center

By Emily Carney, on March 4th, 2014

This painting by artist Robert McCall sums up Neil A. Armstrong’s achievements in aviation and spaceflight history. NASA Dryden Flight Research Center was renamed after Armstrong, who died in 2012, on Saturday, March 1. Image Credit: NASA (painting by Robert McCall)

New year, new name: NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, located at Edwards […]

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Northrop Grumman Honors LM Workers at Apollo 11 44th Anniversary Event

By Emily Carney, on July 23rd, 2013

On Saturday, July 20, Northrop Grumman held a ceremony to honor the workers that made the Moon landings a reality. Photo Credit: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla — The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Apollo/Saturn V Center played host to Northrop Grumman’s gala celebrating the 44th anniversary of the Apollo […]

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Northrop Grumman Kicks Off Apollo 11 Anniversary Weekend With BBQ at US Space Walk of Fame

By Jason Rhian, on July 19th, 2013

Northrop Grumman hosted a barbecue luncheon for the men and women who worked on the Apollo Program. This and other events took place a day prior to the 44th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Photo Credit: Alan Walters / awaltersphoto.com

TITUSVILLE, Fla — Just one day before the 44th anniversary of […]

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Felt Rather Than Heard: The Historic Launch of Apollo 11 to the Moon

By Ben Evans, on July 16th, 2013

Humanity’s first piloted landing on the Moon was perhaps our species’ greatest triumph of the 20th century … or maybe of any century in history. Photo Credit: NASA

Forty-four years ago this very day, the ground in Florida shook to 7.7 million pounds of thrust as the largest and most powerful rocket ever […]

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Retro Space Images: Beginnings

By J.L. Pickering, on July 16th, 2013

Photo Credit: NASA / Retro Space Images

First Steps: The crew of Apollo 11 are seen here starting their voyage to the Moon from Pad 39A.

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Apollo 11 Engines Located, Plans In Works To Raise Them From The Sea Floor

By Mike Killian, on March 29th, 2012
The launch of Apollo 11. Photo Credit: NASA

The launch of Apollo 11. Photo Credit: NASA

The F-1 engines which launched Apollo 11 towards the Moon on the most powerful vehicle ever created have not been seen since the historic mission thundered off the Earth on July 16, 1969. The five engines were jettisoned at nearly 40 miles high once the […]

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