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Forty-seven years ago, mankind achieved what was once unthinkable when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon. But getting him there involved more than strapping the astronaut to a rocket ...

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The Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia—with its strangely beautiful charred orange exterior—has been on display behind Plexiglas at the Smithsonian Institution since 1970. After 46 years, you might ...

Note to editors: 360-degree photos, video and more multimedia available for media are available to media outlets. To mark the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission, the Smithsonian ...

It is a stunning new perspective on the desolate surface than man walked onto for the first time on July 20th, 1969, a little after 4:00 in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time. Nasa has revealed a 3D ...

Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 visor and gloves are back on display at the Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center to mark the 47th anniversary of the first moon landing. The exhibit coincides with the release of ...