50 years later, Apollo 11 remains a defining moment
"We did something really, really big. Nobody else had done it before... And it took a lot of courage."
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"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
In the new book "American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race," historian Douglas Brinkley takes a closer look at America's first space missions and how the Kennedy administration changed space exploration. Brinkley joins CBSN to discuss JFK's legacy and why the Trump administration is now pushing for a new moonshot.
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
Celebrities like Stephen Colbert and Mo Rocca tweeted about their first seven jobs
Aldrin looks back at his historic career - from being second to set foot on the moon and first to take a space selfie - and ahead to his future plans
The Apollo 11 astronaut shares his thoughts on the future of space travel, college basketball and more
Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, thinks humankind's next giant leap forward is to colonize the Red Planet
New images from inside the command module that landed the first men on the moon
The Smithsonian uncovers new details from inside the first spacecraft to land on the moon
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich made headlines during the 2012 campaign season when he pledged establish a Moon colony.
The famed spacewalker tweeted a copy of his travel voucher to the moon
President John F. Kennedy ignited the "space race" with the Soviet Union on May 25, 1961 with his goal of putting an American on the moon; The Apollo 11 mission captured the imagination of a generation when astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the moon July 20, 1969