On July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin landed on the moon as ...
Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. Facts July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes the ...
Aldrin’s personal collection, including a pen used to replace a broken button on the lander, and Gus the $36 million T-rex ...
In the five renovated spaces, you can try out a wind tunnel, climb into a Cessna Skyhawk, view artworks and visit old ...
As the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum turns 50, an expansive exhibition celebrates how art has coincided with space ...
The National Air and Space Museum opened five new galleries July 1 for its 50th anniversary. Here's what's new on the ...
Despite Neil Armstrong's towering accomplishments, he remained a humble man. Armstrong, who is from Wapakoneta, Ohio, always ...
With astrophysicists and wildlife ecologists, art conservators and security officers, this discussion series invites visitors ...
Earth in the background, the Lunar Module ascent stage with Moon-walking Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr.
Trump, laying siege to freedoms and truth itself, is twisting America’s milestone birthday into a joyless occasion ...
Pet rocks, bell bottoms, disco, day-glo and movies like “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” defined the 1970s. Another thing that captured the imagination of the nation in ...
What was once the most important potato field in the world belonged to the Nurskanova family in the town of Engels, in the ...