Apollo 11's flight path took the spacecraft into Earth orbit 11 minutes after launch. Just over two hours later, during its second orbit, the rocket's third stage fired again to boost Apollo ...

Purdue University graduate and Apollo 11 flight commander Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. It was a truly giant leap for mankind, and a seminal moment ...

If all goes to plan, the Apollo ... target launch date for the flight. The meeting resulted in NASA officials declaring 16 July 1969 as the launch date for Apollo 11. The date was selected in ...

CBS News' planning was intricate ... schedule outlining coverage around Apollo 11's return to Earth from Robert Wussler Papers "This Apollo flight will rank in history alongside those events ...

The flight jacket of the Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin was sold for about $2.8 million in New York, according to the auction house Sotheby's. Aldrin wore the jacket on the historic mission to ...

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By Apollo 11, he was the assistant flight controller in Mission Control. While the astronauts became American heroes for their bravery and pioneering spirit, it was the men and women in Mission ...

Coffee cups lie abandoned by blinking monitors. Flight director Gene Kranz is putting his faith in 26-year-old Steve Bales. Bales is Apollo 11’s guidance officer (or ‘GUIDO’). He’s ...