That same day, NASA managers met to select a formal target launch date. That meeting resulted in 16 July 1969 being chosen as Apollo 11’s launch day – a target the mission would meet.

The Apollo 11 mission ... US missions had landed men on the lunar surface by the end of 1972, yet to this day there are conspiracy theories saying that the landings were staged. But Nasa has ...

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The spaceship joystick used by astronauts on the historic Apollo 11 mission is up for auction ... were all retained by NASA ...

There are no showtimes for this date. Timed to the 50th anniversary of NASA’s celebrated Apollo 11 mission, APOLLO 11: First Steps Edition is a thrilling cinematic experience that showcases the ...

The mesmerising television coverage of the Apollo 11 ... Nasa's creation in 1958, one that had been sustained by Nasa publicists and politicians alike, seeking to raise awareness of the Apollo ...

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Though NASA expected their complicated ... spacecraft came out of it." Early Apollo Missions: Earth Orbit Apollo missions flew unmanned until October 11, 1968, when Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele ...

Francis Thomas Bacon invented the hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell a clean, high-efficiency power source that helped propel Apollo ...

NASA plans to bring humankind back to the ... Humankind first touched down on the moon on July 20, 1969, on the Apollo 11 mission, in which Neil Armstrong became the first man to step foot on ...