Apollo 11

December 7, 1972 was the launch of the final mission in NASA's Apollo moon program. Fifty years later, NASA finally seems poised to return people to the lunar surface.

Project Apollo spurred on a technological revolution — everything from advances in food packaging to computers. Fifty years later, we are still reaping the rewards.

Scientists believe the footprints of the twelve Apollo moon-walkers remain untouched by wind or erosion on the lunar surface. But as more countries — and…

Motion pictures went to the moon long before Apollo 11 did, and they keep going back. Critic Bob Mondello reflects on the many films, from 1902 to today, that have made the journey.

By Brendan Byrne / WMFEOn the morning of July 16, dozens of technicians and flight controllers piled into the firing room at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…

By Brendan Byrne / WMFEIt’s been 50 years since the Apollo 11 mission sent the first humans to the moon. Five decades later NASA is on another moon shot,…

By Robin Sussingham and Stephanie Colombini Saturday July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, considered by many to be one of the…

By Robin Sussingham and Stephanie Colombini Saturday July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, considered by many to be one of the…

These works make apparent how singular an achievement America's moon landing was — and show that half a century later we're still grappling to understand its long-term meaning.