Buzz Aldrin's felt-tip pen sold for nearly $860,000 at auction. Discover how the marker saved the Apollo 11 moon mission.
During the Apollo missions, astronauts noted peculiar flashes of light occurring inside their spacecraft. These experiences were later attributed to energetic cosmic rays penetrating their vision.
The Apollo program was the first to bring humans to the moon. Even though the program began in the early 1960s until 1972, with 12 astronauts walking the moon's surface during this time frame, there ...
A Jan. 25 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of the front page of The Washington Post announcing that the Apollo 11 mission had successfully landed on the moon. The Post's story, ...
While resting in the cosmos, Apollo astronauts reported unusual flashes of light disturbing their sleep. These intriguing ...
What did the Apollo 11 astronauts eat on their historic journey to the moon? From freeze-dried chicken and rice to bacon cubes, here's what fueled the mission.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The broken circuit breaker switch that nearly ended Apollo 11 (below) and the pen that saved the crew and the mission. Several ...
The jacket worn on the historic first mission to the moon sold for millions this week. Courtesy of Sotheby's via AP Astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin saw an out-of-this-world bid on Tuesday when his ...
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SpaceX founder Elon Musk is planning to launch his Tesla Roadster into space Tuesday. CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood joins CBSN to chat about the Falcon Heavy launch -- which will feature the ...
They Were at Mission Control During Apollo 11. 50 Years Later, the Memory Still Moves Them to Tears How the Apollo Program ...