"Thanks for all your effort," wrote the first moonwalker. Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his ...

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 ...

Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 miles from the launch pad. The Saturn V rocket climbs into orbit.

The process of getting Apollo 11 to the pad has taken years to ... a countdown demonstration test, and a full up fueling of the launch vehicle to try to ferret out any problems that need to ...

Without the full tank of liquid hydrogen, Apollo 11 wouldn't launch that day. Thinking fast, the Red Crew returned to the pad, filled their helmets with water from the emergency eyewash station ...