On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong announced his historic arrival on the ancient lava plain of Mare Tranquillitatis with the following message to NASA: "Houston, Tranquility Base ...

A fascinating letter by Neil Armstrong revealing how he would look out for aliens when landing on the moon has come to light 56 years on. Three months before the Apollo 11 mission, the astronaut was ...

The last surviving crew member of Apollo 11 opens up about his pioneering voyage, the future of space exploration and why, at 94, he's "never been happier" Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, ...

Moon rock collected on the last Apollo mission is revealing more about one of the Moon’s most unusual structures. An unusually bright area of the Moon known as the Light Mantle is the result of an ...

Find the locations of the five landing zones considered as the setting for humanity's first steps on another world. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong announced his historic arrival ...