In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, headed to the Moon without a traditional life insurance policy. The three astronauts were preparing for a mission that ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the first moon landing on July 20, 1969. The moon landing was watched by an estimated 600 million people around the world. July 20, 1969 – [4:17 p.m. EDT] Apollo 11 becomes ...

It was July 1969, and humankind’s much-anticipated trip to the surface of the moon was days away. The public, and the newspapers, couldn’t get enough of the three “moon men” of Apollo 11: Neil ...

Apollo 11 launched on July 16, 1969, on its way to the moon. In the video below, Mark Gray shows slow-motion footage of the launch (a Saturn V rocket) and explains in glorious detail what's going on ...

In July 1969, the Soviet Union attempted to launch one of the largest rockets ever constructed. Known as the N1, the enormous ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- NASA is celebrating its 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing this Saturday, and they're taking a look back at that historic day in 1969. NASA's history office shared some very ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (WCSC) — The Apollo 10 lunar module returned to earth on May 26, 1969. The module re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, returning Mission Commander Thomas ...

At 12:51 EDT on July 24, 1969, Apollo 11, the U.S. spacecraft that had taken the first astronauts to the surface of the moon, safely returns to Earth. The American effort to send astronauts to the ...

Not only can space permanently damage astronauts, but there are many bad ways to die in space that'll make you think twice about becoming one. Even then, getting struck by lightning two times within a ...