Marking 55 years since Apollo 11 moon landing
This weekend marks 55 years since the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Retired NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao joins CBS News to look back on the small step for man and giant leap for mankind.
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This weekend marks 55 years since the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Retired NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao joins CBS News to look back on the small step for man and giant leap for mankind.
Cathy Lewis, curator of International Space Programs and Spacesuits at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, gives CBS News correspondent Chip Reid an up-close look at the so-called "Snoopy cap" that Buzz Aldrin wore on the moon
Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars will align on Tuesday night.
A Facebook post received 53,000 "likes" and "loves" by Saturday and was accompanied by photos of the newlyweds.
In honor of World Left-Handers Day, we highlight some of the most notable people to have ever embarked down the dexterous road less taken
The Justice Department is investigating former President Trump's actions in its January 6th probe. CBS News has learned that prosecutors have asked witnesses about conversations with him, his lawyers and others in his inner circle, and have seized phone records of top aides. The Fed is expected to announce another interest rate hike today. And NASA memorabilia from Buzz Aldrin’s career sold for more than $8 million at auction.
In 2018 Jacob Brandt created the folk-rock theatrical production "1969: The Second Man," inspired by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second human to walk on the moon. He has now adapted the music to a new concept album, and performs the first song, "Prologue," for "Sunday Morning" viewers.
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
Walter Cronkite launched an unprecedented 46 hours of live television for the historic mission to the moon
50 years ago, millions of people were glued to their television sets as Apollo 11 launched to the moon
50 years ago, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite brought the frontier of outer space to televisions across America
The crew of Apollo 11 came together by chance for the first moon landing
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
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."
Mission control might never have witnessed Neil Armstrong take his first steps on the moon if it weren't for the vision of men like Eugene Shoemaker
89-year-old former astronaut had accused his children and ex-associate of financial shenanigans and slandering him
Buzz Aldrin's lawsuit comes a week after his children, Andrew and Janice, filed a petition claiming their father was suffering from memory loss, delusions, paranoia and confusion
Someone broke into Ohio museum late Friday and stole solid-gold replica of the Apollo 11 lunar module -- a collective worth millions
Aldrin believes people will be able to land on Mars by 2040, a goal that NASA shares
The space artifact is from the Apollo 11 mission, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Alrdrin first stepped foot on the moon
NASA's Apollo space program stretched from 1961 to 1972, culminating in a dozen men walking on the moon
President-elect Donald Trump has added the Radio City Rockettes to the lineup of entertainers at his inauguration
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin was discharged from a New Zealand hospital on Friday, one week after a medical evacuation from Antarctica
86-year-old was visiting the South Pole as part of a private tourist group when his health deteriorated