The US wanted to be first to stage a manned mission to the Moon ... An estimated 650 million people worldwide had watched the first Moon landing. For the US, the achievement helped it demonstrate ...

One of those was Apollo 11, which, 50 years ago, on July 20, 1969, became the first manned spacecraft to land on the moon. A longtime science editor for ABC News, Bergman was the first network ...

We explore the dramatic story of NASA's Apollo Program, beginning with President Kennedy's ambitious deadline for a lunar ...

But this is a real indication that those manned missions to the moon are actually happening. The first moon landing in 1969 was the greatest scientific achievement of the 20th century, and going ...

Thousands of people have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing. On 20 July 1969, the Eagle module from Apollo 11 landed at Tranquility Base. Hours later, at 21:56 CT (02: ...

Back in 1969 – more than a half-century ago – Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the Moon. At ...