apollo 11

NASA will demolish a historic building where Apollo 11 astronauts lived after the Moon mission

September 25th, 2019

Mike Wehner

Everyone has seen the footage of Neil Armstrong taking the first steps onto the lunar surface during NASA’s historic Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. It was, after all, a monumental achievement for the human race, but the story of what the astronauts did immediately after returning to Earth isn’t nearly as well-known. Upon landing …

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The first meals eaten on the Moon were truly bizzare

August 1st, 2019

Mike Wehner

When you’re an astronaut, food options are somewhat limited during missions into space. You can’t exactly order in, and meals have to be preserved and then reconstituted when you’re finally ready to eat them. Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew that all too well, and their historic mission to the Moon included …

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Former NASA intern rakes in nearly $2 million for Moon landing tapes

July 23rd, 2019

Mike Wehner

Earlier this month we learned that some of NASA’s incredibly prized Apollo 11 Moon landing tapes were about to be up for auction. NASA wasn’t selling them, of course, but the tapes had found their way into the hands of an intern who bought them at auction back in the mid-1970s. At the time of …

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Watch NASA’s rebroadcast of the Apollo 11 landing and moonwalk right here

July 20th, 2019

Mike Wehner

The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing is this weekend, and NASA has a whole lineup of awesome programming ready for all of us. Throughout the weekend NASA will be broadcasting both new retrospectives and replays of previous Apollo 11 coverage, but the real star of the show will definitely be on Saturday, July …

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You can own a flag from the Apollo 11 mission, if your pockets are deep enough

June 21st, 2019

Mike Wehner

We’re now just one month away from the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission to the Moon, and owners of some seriously sought-after space relics are putting their memorabilia on the auction block in the hopes of capitalizing on the hype. RR Auction is hosting the bidding for a number of rare artifacts that …

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NASA is now being sued by the owner of an Apollo 11 lunar sample bag

January 25th, 2019

Mike Wehner

When Apollo 11 astronauts returned from the Moon and handed over the first samples of lunar material ever gathered by human hands it was a monumental moment for NASA and humanity as a whole. It would have been impossible for the astronauts to predict that one of their more mundane pieces of equipment would become …

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Got $4 million? You could own the bag that Neil Armstrong carried moon rocks in

May 23rd, 2017

Mike Wehner

Traveling to, landing on, and exploring the moon is still one of mankind’s greatest accomplishments, so the historical significance of any object that joined the Apollo astronauts on their journey simply cannot be overstated. Neil Armstrong’s lunar sample bag is one of those items, and it could be yours if your pockets are deep enough.