Neil Armstrong is perhaps best known for saying 12 words on July 20, 1969: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap ...
In 1970, brothers Dave and John Kunst—with $1,500 in cash, a letter of recommendation from former VP Hubert Humphrey, and a ...
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Our Moon on Earth
Most important in that transition was the Apollo 11 mission, the first crewed moon landing, accomplished by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins between July 16 and July 24, 1969.
These days, we are used to having a number of robotic rovers (and briefly, a helicopter) driving and flying around the Moon ...
In winter 1974, photographer Jill Furmanovsky spent six weeks on the road with Pink Floyd, documenting shows on the Dark Side ...
Research suggests the Earth captured the Moon from space, rather than forming the rocky satellite from collision particles ...
Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/We-Have-Liftoff.html Photographer David Burnett focused his camera on the many tourists who flocked to Florida in 1969 to watch the ...