There are jokes, Shakespeare quotes and a reference to the Black Power movement. — -- The entire source code for Apollo 11's flight computer software was recently posted to GitHub, a ...

In 2006, NASA admitted to deliberately deleting the Apollo 11 backups. Not to conceal their contents. But to cut costs. The 700 boxes of recorded transmissions fell foul of a 1980s project to wipe and ...

Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his handwritten letter, it was too late. The Apollo 11 commander and his crewmates had already arrived at a design to represent the first moon ...

The Story Behind TIME's 1969 Apollo Launch-Party Photos See the Past, Present and Future of American Spaceflight in 4 Minutes Apollo 11 Had 3 Men Aboard, But Only 2 Walked on the Moon. Here’s What it ...

On September 22, 2011, just a year prior to his death, Neil Armstrong gave a rare public account of his final few thousand feet of descent to the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969, in the Lunar ...

A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal. The ...

Apollo 11 was the climax of nearly a decade of engineering risk and Cold War pressure. As the Lunar Module descended, computer alarms and fuel shortages threatened to abort the landing. With seconds ...

"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as ...