Celebrating on planet Earth
American citizens celebrated the Moon landing in many different ways—by holding Moon parties, by taking photographs, or, in the case of Thaddeus A. Zagorewicz, by...
How many engineers does it take?
An ocean of engineers are present in this July 16, 1969, photograph of the mission control center in Houston, Texas, which was preparing for the launch of the Apollo...
Eagle heading homeward
This July 21, 1969, photograph shows the ascent stage of the Apollo 11 lunar module over the moon with earth looming in the black sky above. Eagle lifted off...
No statute, no statue
Following the recovery of the Apollo 11 astronauts, Texas Senator John Tower introduced one of many bills to recognize the achievements of Armstrong, Aldrin, and...
Phone call from the Moon
As this page from President Richard Nixon’s daily diary shows, the evening of July 20, 1969, had been busy. Nixon’s last phone call took place at 11:45 P.M. It...
The Moon rocks!
Apollo 11 Astronaut Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Jr., posed on the surface of the Moon next to the U.S. flag on July 20, 1969. The second man ever to walk on the...
The ship that welcomed the astronauts
Look at the second entry in this deck log from the U.S.S. Hornet, dated July 24, 1969. It documents the ship’s role in the recovery of the Apollo 11...