• The Saint Louis Science Center is one of only four stops on the Smithsonian’s special traveling tour of the exhibit Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission. It features various artifacts, footage, ...

This year, one of the most important artifacts of the Space Age, the Columbia command module of the Apollo 11 mission, will leave its home at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space ...

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 ...

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Four the next two years, Apollo 11’s Command Module Columbia and one-of-a-kind artifacts from the Apollo era will travel the United States. The journey that the Apollo 11 command module Columbia was ...

It's been 47 years since NASA first put a man on the moon and you can now get an idea of what astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins experienced. The Smithsonian Institute, working ...

The Apollo 11 command module, "Columbia." The historic command module that took the Apollo 11 crew to the moon and back in July 1969 is coming to Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Museum Center will be the ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Today marks the the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, and you can celebrate by taking a virtual ...

The Apollo 11 command module, *Columbia*, is embarking on a nationwide "Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission" tour. The exhibit will feature *Columbia* and 20 other historic artifacts, offering ...

For the first time in nearly half a century, the prized Apollo 11 command module Columbia will leave the National Air and Space Museum and go on a four-city tour. For the next two years, it will be ...

The first mission to put a man on the moon came to a celebratory end when on July 24, 1969, Apollo 11's command module Columbia splashed into the Pacific Ocean with astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil ...