Leading up to the historic 1969 Apollo 11 mission, ABC News built a mock Apollo command module to give viewers an inside look at how astronauts would travel to the lunar surface. See more of the ...

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Earth’s moon. On July 16, 1969, Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were launched from Cape Kennedy atop a ...

Before that “giant leap for mankind” 40 years ago today, a hundred-thousand small steps guided American astronauts toward the moon. Many of those steps originated in the Southland. KPCC’s Washington ...

Step inside a fascinating space exploration museum and join us on an immersive journey through the history of moon missions.

Michael Collins at the Apollo 11 Command Module, practicing docking hatch removal from CM simulator at NASA Johnson Space Center, in Houston on June 28, 1969. Credit ...