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Buzz Aldrin predicts Artemis program will leave decades-long legacy like Apollo

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin -- the second man to walk on the moon -- predicted that President Trump's "Artemis" program would bring decades of progress like the United States saw with the Apollo program that launched him into space.

Apollo 11 July 20, 2019

Apollo 11: 50 years on, the world celebrates the Moon landing

On July 20, 1969, millions of people around the world watched on TV as Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong took his historic step into the pages of history.

Apollo 11 July 20, 2019

Apollo 11: Original Moon landing recordings bought for $217 in 1976 sold at auction for $1.82M

A set of original videotape recordings of the Apollo 11 Moon landing that were bought for $217.77 at a government surplus auction by a former NASA intern in the 1970s have sold at auction for $1.82M.

Apollo 11 July 20, 2019

On Apollo 11 anniversary, Pence announces that Orion capsule for manned Moon missions is ready for debut flight

Speaking at Kennedy Space Center on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Vice President Mike Pence announced that the Orion capsule that will take American astronauts back to the Moon is ready.

SCIENCE July 20, 2019

Mike Pence: We’re heading back to the moon and then on to Mars

President Trump has made it our national policy to return to the moon in the next five years – and this time, we will stay.

Apollo 11 July 20, 2019

Apollo 11 flight director remembers historic mission to the Moon

For many Americans, the first Moon landing serves as a historic -but distant- memory. Current generations learn about the event from parents or a textbook, but for flight director Gene Kranz the mission is personal.

OPINION July 20, 2019

Dan Gainor: Media convict Trump of racism and moon program of sexism

News media reports and commentaries were filled with claims this week that President Trump’s comments about four far-left Democratic congresswomen were racist – and even that the president is himself a racist.

Moon July 20, 2019

NASA chief: Future Artemis Moon missions will build on Apollo 11’s incredible legacy

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says that the agency’s Artemis program will build on Apollo 11’s incredible legacy by landing a new generation of U.S. astronauts, including the first woman, on the Moon.

OPINION July 20, 2019

Robert Charles: Moon landing showed impossible was possible as it united world

The notion of getting three men to the moon, entering lunar orbit, descending with two in a spider-like module, and returning to Earth was more than novel. It seemed like science fiction.

Apollo 11 July 19, 2019

Apollo 11 anniversary celebrations: These are some of the top events

This Saturday, July 20 marks exactly 50 years since the Apollo 11 lunar module made its historic landing on the Moon.

Apollo 11 July 19, 2019

Apollo 11: Astronaut Mike Massimino explains how the Moon landing inspired his NASA career

Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino was just 6 years old when he watched Neil Armstrong take his historic first steps on the Moon on July 20, 1969.