Find the locations of the five landing zones considered as the setting for humanity's first steps on another world.

The Apollo 11 crew was the first to land on the moon. (Bettmann/Contributor) Although these two particular missions are widely remembered, the entire program was a historical one.

It was July 1969, and humankind’s much-anticipated trip to the surface of the moon was days away. The public, and the ...

In 1679, New Hampshire became a royal colony of the British crown. In 1847, after 17 months and many miles of travel, Brigham Young led 148 Mormon pioneers into Utah's Valley of the Great Salt Lake.

Having launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon on July 20, the Apollo 11 astronauts returned home and splashed down in the Pacific on July 24, 1969. In a historically momentous trip, Neil ...

Apollo 11 Moon landing: A brief timeline from 1961 to 1969 Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Here is a brief timeline of events that lead to the historic moment, from President ...

One of NASA’s most traveled astronauts in the agency’s first decade, he flew four times — Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8 and ...

That he ended up on Apollo 11 was the serendipity of back surgery. Mr. Collins was originally assigned to be command module pilot of Apollo 8, which became the first mission to orbit (but not land ...

The Apollo 11 astronauts immediately went into quarantine aboard the Hornet and, along with 48 pounds (22 kilograms) of moon rocks and soil, remained off-limits for weeks as they were moved to ...

It’s been 50 years since the groundbreaking moment the crew of the Apollo 11 mission landed a man on the moon for the first time. Now, a new six-hour documentary airing on PBS’ “American ...

The Apollo 11 astronauts’ very return to Earth also put the planet at risk. Their vehicle, for instance, was designed to vent itself on the way down, and the astronauts were to open their hatch ...

Todd Douglas Miller's 'Apollo 11' may not be the definitive chronicle of the moon landing, but it features a breathtaking selection of footage of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and the historic launch.