In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, headed to the Moon without a traditional life insurance policy. The three astronauts were preparing for a mission that ...

On November 14, 1969, three astronauts were aboard a 363-foot Saturn V SA-507 rocket with rain pelting the launch tower when suddenly the sky spoke up, not once, but twice. Just thirty-six seconds ...

It was July 1969, and humankind’s much-anticipated trip to the surface of the moon was days away. The public, and the newspapers, couldn’t get enough of the three “moon men” of Apollo 11: Neil ...

Apollo 11 launched on July 16, 1969, on its way to the moon. In the video below, Mark Gray shows slow-motion footage of the launch (a Saturn V rocket) and explains in glorious detail what's going on ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- NASA is celebrating its 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing this Saturday, and they're taking a look back at that historic day in 1969. NASA's history office shared some very ...

Just months after man first landed on the moon, the next Apollo mission had a scare from Mother Nature. Here's what happened on a November day in Florida. Imagine a rocket struck by lightning twice ...

At 12:51 EDT on July 24, 1969, Apollo 11, the U.S. spacecraft that had taken the first astronauts to the surface of the moon, safely returns to Earth. The American effort to send astronauts to the ...

Humans first set foot on the Moon in July 1969, and by December 1972, American astronauts had carried out six successful ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (WCSC) — The Apollo 10 lunar module returned to earth on May 26, 1969. The module re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, returning Mission Commander Thomas ...

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Today, we’re bringing you a story from the past as we highlight this day in history. We’re headed back to July 16, 1969. Some may remember that’s the day Apollo 11 ...