Apollo 11 News

A piece of Apollo 11 is expected to fetch a high price at auction, the scrap of Kapton Foil would have helped protect the command module as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere on the return journey from the moon.

A piece of the first spacecraft to land on the moon is expected to fetch up to A 1,200 at auction in Wiltshire.

Actors from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" join star astronauts this weekend at Kennedy Space Center for the Astronaut Autograph and Memorabilia Show.

'The Magician' by Michael Scott appears to have cast a spell on Neil Tyler, 11, who was among those attending the Texas Book Festival on Saturday.

The last fifty years have made enormous advances in technology that have changed the style we live as a human race.

The state versus the final frontier Source: Center for a Stateless Society Author: Thomas L. Knapp Posted on 10.25.09 by Thomas L. Knapp "On July 21st, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first human beings to land on the moon.

Editor's note: Buzz Aldrin, whose new book is "Magnificent Desolation," was one of the two American astronauts who were the first people to set foot on the moon.

As if the governor's office doesn't have enough headaches with teacher furlough lawsuits, budget shortfalls and plummeting tourist revenues, there's this: A former NASA senior special agent says the state cannot account for five priceless moon rocks that were given as gifts to the people of Hawaii in celebration of mankind's age-old quest to ...

About a dozen veteran astronauts stood behind the commercial space industry on Friday, noting in a letter published in the Wall Street Journal that American rocket companies are "fully capable of safely handling the critical task of low-Earth-orbit human transportation." The endorsement , which included the signature of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz ...

This is a absolutely ridiculous idea, one the Houston Chronicle shouldn't be advancing: The concept of a one-way mission to Mars has circulated among space buffs for years, with a Houston-based former NASA engineer, James C. McLane III, among its chief champions.

You wouldn't think a guy nicknamed Captain Slow by his co-hosts on Top Gear would have a deep-seeded fascination with journeying to the Moon.

Lucas Bolyard of Lost Creek is recognized at the White House on Wednesday by President and Mrs.

James "Jay" McWilliams II couldn't wait to see one of his nonfictional space heroes - Buzz Aldrin - Saturday at the Southern Festival of Books.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- In the 40 years since Apollo 11, some of the key players -- most notably Neil Armstrong -- have steered clear of the increasingly bright glare of the moonlight cast by the historic lunar landing.

While one can fully understand the public, with its complete lack of understanding of things related to space, to be apathetic, it is the mainstream media and apparently members of the media considered to be "conservative" that are openly attacking the moon mission.

I've got a growing number of space images on the new Avery Binders over at Zazzle.

This is a small version of a massive Gigapan photo of U.S. President Barack Obama's Inauguration on Jan.

Richland College , a college of the Dallas County Community College District, will host a fundraising event on Fri., Oct.

Fresh from "infinity and beyond," Buzz Lightyear received a rocket hero's welcome home Friday, sharing the spotlight with none other than the astronaut for whom the character is named.

An official history textbook used by thousands of GCSE pupils contains embarrassing errors, including the assertion that the United States won the race to the moon in 1979.