Apollo 11 took off for the moon this week in 1969. To prepare the astronauts, Nasa put them through gruelling, relentless simulations – and BBC Tomorrow's World paid a visit.

Apollo 10 got within nine miles of the moon's surface. The crew took pictures and gathered information about the landing sites for Apollo 11. This mission began on May 18, 1969 and ended on May 26.

CAPE KENNEDY, Fla., July 14, 1969 (UPI) -Launch crews, undismayed by an apparent Soviet gamble to upstage them, turned on Apollo 11's vital generators today and rolled toward Wednesday's start of ...

Apollo 11 Launch: Photographed. Read more at http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/We-Have-Liftoff.html Photographer David Burnett focused his camera on ...

On July 20, 1969, Aldrin and Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong achieved humanity's first landing on another celestial body, landing NASA's lunar module "Eagle" at Tranquility Base.Armstrong then ...

President Richard M. Nixon (right) welcomes the Apollo 11 astronauts—Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin (left)—after their return to earth on July 24, 1969. Picture courtesy of NASA.

Project Apollo (U.S.) Apollo 11 Flight Provenance Travis Burgess, gift, 2009, NASM.2009.0061 See more items in Apollo 11 Launch Images [Burgess] Summary This collection consists of 118 digital image ...

In this photo provided by NASA, astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. (Neil Armstrong/NASA ...