This video highlights the historic Apollo 11 mission, detailing the journey from President John F. Kennedy's ambitious goal to Neil Armstrong's iconic first steps on the moon. It showcases the significant milestones of the space race,...

Why did Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin plant a flag on the moon? Moreover, why do astronauts and space agencies from across the world continually send their nations' flags to space? Today, Danielle traces the history and symbolism of...

A video entitled “The Johnson Space Center” which discusses the history and current operations of the Johnson Space Center.

Learn about the Apollo Space Program -- including the historic Apollo 11, Apollo 13, spaceflights, astronauts, historic dates, moon landings, explosions, rovers and more -- with this original Space Science video by KLT.

At a time when American space exploration was dominated by men, mathematician Katherine Johnson broke through gender and racial barriers to help change our understanding of the cosmos forever.

This video provides a historical overview of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It highlights how both countries competed to achieve milestones in space exploration, such as launching...

The story of the A7L Space Suit worn by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 moon landing.

The Ben Franklin mission has been forgotten by time, overshadowed by the concurrent Apollo 11 mission. However, the scientific findings obtained by the six aquanauts has provided a foundation for understanding the Gulf Stream and ocean...

Lisa Jones, NASA Landing and Impact Research Facility Manager, discusses the facility where the Apollo astronauts trained for the lunar landing.

Throughout the series, you heard memories of the first Moon landing from people all over the world. In this bonus episode, we share a few more stories: a trip to Rome, a girl with binoculars and a reel-to-reel tape recorder.

On Monday, April 16th, NASA is scheduled to launch its newest exoplanet hunter: the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

This video features interviews with engineers and technicians involved in the Apollo 11 mission, discussing their experiences leading up to and during the launch. They reflect on the complexity of the Saturn 5 rocket and the...

This video provides a brief biography of Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon. It highlights his early career as a naval aviator and his work as an engineer and test pilot for NACA, which later became NASA. The video also...

Elegimos y analizamos siete objeciones de quienes son escépticos acerca de si fue cierto o no el viaje a la Luna

El alunizaje del Apolo 11 no fue un montaje. Las teorías de conspiración carecen de evidencia sólida. La falta de...

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On July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11 mission concluded with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. This 1969 documentary showcases how NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, supported the historic...

Coming soon, NASA Explorers: Apollo is an audio series that tells stories of the Moon and the people who explore it.



During the Apollo program, the Moon became a part of the human domain. Twelve astronauts...

Apollo 11 landed on the Moon on July 20th, 1969, a little after 4:00 in the afternoon Eastern Daylight Time. The Lunar Module, nicknamed Eagle and flown by Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, touched down near the...

This visualization attempts to capture the mood of Claude Debussy's best-known composition, Clair de Lune (moonlight in French). The piece was published in 1905 as the third of four movements in the...

A dramatic and information-packed account of the program to put a man on the Moon by the end of 1969.

Hace 50 años que llegamos por primera vez a la Luna como especie. Aquello fue posible gracias a un esfuerzo hercúleo, pero hoy, en la era de la estación espacial internacional, los cohetes reutilizables y un mundo cada vez más conectado,...

Just like earthquakes help scientists figure out what's going on inside our home planet, moonquakes have taught scientists a lot about the interior of the Moon.

Neil Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, by becoming the first man on the moon, but he didn't brag about his experiences on Apollo 11. Facts surrounding the historic mission are more well-known than the story of the man who took...

Apollo 11 was the spacecraft that successfully delivered Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon in 1969. Learn about the structure of the spaceship and details of the mission.