The Apollo Story

The Apollo Guidance Computer delivered astronauts safely to the lunar surface. Credit: NASA

Secrets of Apollo The Apollo Guidance Computer

A view of the Apollo 11 landing sites in Mare Tranquillitatis. Credit: Pete Lawrence

How to find Apollo 11’s landing site on the Moon

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module gets ready to land. This image was captured from the Command and Service Module. Credit: NASA

Secrets of Apollo The versatile Lunar Module

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Science Focus Ladies who launch: the women behind the Apollo Program

Buzz Aldrin pictured on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission. Credit: NASA

Apollo 11 the journey to land on the Moon

The Saturn V LVDC. Credit: NASA

Secrets of Apollo The Saturn V's autopilot

Buzz Aldrin descends the ladder of the Lunar Module to become the second human to set foot on the surface of the Moon. Credit: NASA

Radio Astronomy Podcast Apollo 11: 50th anniversary special

24 July 1969. The command module is lowered onto the deck of the USS Hornet to be prepared for transport back to the Lunar Receiving Laboratory in Houston. At the top are the three air sacks that inflated to right the module when it came to rest upside-down after splashdown. Credit: NASA

In pictures Apollo 11's return to Earth, 24 July 1969

The Apollo 11 crew peer out of their mobile quarantine facility in Houston, after being flown back to the US mainland. Credit: NASA

Why were Apollo 11 astronauts put in quarantine?

Samples collected from rocky areas of the Apollo 11 landing site like this laid the basis for much of what we know about the Moon. Credit: NASA

What have the Apollo 11 lunar samples taught us about the Moon?

Flight light controllers celebrate the conclusion of Apollo 11 on Jul 24, 1969. Credit: NASA

Apollo 11 Mission Control: the people behind the Moon landing

Apollo 11 mission patch Credit NASA

The Apollo 11 mission patch: how it came to be

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin practise taking photos of a lunar sample area. Credit: NASA

10 facts about the Apollo Moon landing missions

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In pictures Apollo behind the scenes

Apollo astronaut John Young during the Apollo 16 spacewalk. Credit: NASA

Apollo Moon landing conspiracy theories crushed