500,000 miles for a stamp
This memento, sold by the U.S. Postal Service, carries a 10-cent airmail stamp with first day of issue cancellations. Signed by President Richard Nixon and astronauts...
A fragment of a tragedy
On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded just seconds after liftoff. This April 18, 1986, photograph shows a segment of the right wing from...
Checklist for astronauts
This card includes a checklist of the procedures to be followed by the astronauts on their 50-minute and 2-hour extra vehicular activities (EVA)—walks on the lunar...
Daily staff journal
Item 19 on this daily staff journal documents the exact time when Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon—11:03 A.M. The entry was made by a soldier in the 101st Airborne...
First ever space walk
This May 25, 1965, memorandum from Edward C. Welsh, Executive Secretary of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, informed President Lyndon B. Johnson that the...
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...
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...