"They're back from the moon!": Apollo 11 splashdown, 50 years later
Four days after the first successful moon landing, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins faced a final, harrowing challenge
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Four days after the first successful moon landing, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins faced a final, harrowing challenge
In an interview on "The Takeout," Vice President Mike Pence reassured the space community with the administration's strong support for a "moon-first" policy
More than half a billion people tuned in to see Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin take man's first steps on the moon. Watch how it all unfolded
"NASA looks at Houston as the Vatican of space," one expert said
CBS News relives the momentous 1969 moon walk as told by two legends: Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong and "CBS Evening News" anchor Walter Cronkite – the man who made history and the man who reported it
Walter Cronkite launched an unprecedented 46 hours of live television for the historic mission to the moon
Poppy Northcutt, Joann Morgan and Margaret Hamilton were critical to the success of the Apollo 11 mission
The United States spent some $288 billion, in inflation-adjusted dollars, to reach the moon
50 years ago, millions of people were glued to their television sets as Apollo 11 launched to the moon
The goal is to return to the lunar surface by 2024, but congressional budget approval remains a big if
Private investment in a range of space-related businesses is soaring, and it's not just for billionaire joy rides
50 years ago, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite brought the frontier of outer space to televisions across America
A timeline of major events in the decade-long race to land astronauts on the moon
The crew of Apollo 11 came together by chance for the first moon landing
Astronaut Michael Collins, Mission Control flight director Gene Kranz and spacecraft communicator Charlie Duke recount the first manned landing on the moon
Americans favor another U.S. mission to the moon and exploration of Mars
Americans says space program contributes to scientific advances, pride and patriotism
With alarms going off and fuel running low, the first moon landing was more of an edge-of-the-seat affair than most people realize
Martha Teichner on the CBS News veteran's coverage of an epochal human event: Man landing on the moon
When NASA needed a lunar spacesuit for the Apollo astronauts, they turned to the experts – the women who sewed girdles and bras for Playtex
Jeffrey Kluger, editor-at-large at Time magazine, recounts the Apollo 11 mission, and the human landmark of landing men on the lunar surface
"We did something really, really big. Nobody else had done it before... And it took a lot of courage."
When it comes to commemorating the anniversary of Man landing on the moon, the sky's the limit!
Six unstudied samples remain -- for now
"CBS This Morning" got an exclusive look inside the three-year, multimillion-dollar renovation