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Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the moon and the fifth manned flight of the Apollo Program.

Illuminata Pictures and nWave Pictures puts together the first computer animated feature, filmed entirely in 3D.

What geologic and tectonic features are found on the lunar surface and what are the processes that shaped the surface of the Moon?

The Parkes Radio Telescope celebrates the 40th anniversary of the moon landing on 21 July 1969.

The Skywalk at Grand Canyon West, operated by the Hualapai Nation, opens March 28. Visitors walk out on a glass walkway suspended 4000 feet above the Grand Canyon floor

The 40th anniversary of the first manned landing on the Moon prompts asking if mankind should continue exploring space by traveling to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

On July 20, 1969 as Apollo 11 was circling the moon the Eagle, the Lunar Module, was landing carrying the first two humans to walk on the surface of the moon.

Forty years have passed since the first moon landing and man has seemed to retreat from the solar system.

On that glorious date 38 years ago, Commander Neil A. Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. made one giant leap for mankind.

On July 20th, 1969 Neil Armstrong was the first person to set foot anywhere other than Earth when he walked out of NASA's Apollo 11 and down onto the surface of the moon.

Craig Nelson's history of man's first expedition to another world combines first hand accounts, recollections, and vivid descriptions in an engaging and informed account.

A television show claims the lunar landing was a hoax. This classroom activity helps students to apply critical thinking skills to the arguments presented in the show.

It’s National Library Week and many stars have openly revealed their secrets, at least when it comes to naming their favourite books.

The Grand Canyon Skywalk is an engineering marvel, a glass walkway that extends 70 feet from the canyon's rim, 4000 feet above the canyon floor.

On Monday 7th December 2009, Virgin Galactic unveiled its spaceship to the world at Mojave Spaceport, California. It was the rollout of the first tourist spaceline ever.

Journey to the Moon is compilation of six documentaries focused on the United State's efforts to go to the moon.

Being left handed in a right handed world can be a challenge. However, most lefties have found a way to accomplish and excel by taking advantage of their uniqueness.

Recorded during a time of personal upheaval, Climbing is the debut album from Matt Russell. Stripped musically and emotionally charged, it's available on Apology Records

Check out the new teaser trailer for Ilion Animation/Sony's Planet 51, starring Dwayne Johnson, Justin Long and Jessica Biel. Movie invades theatres November 20th.

The advanced implements of the Stone Age were the flint axe and arrowhead. Later came the pottery and ceramics of the first settled societies.

Birthday, anniversary, special cccasion? Discover who was born on this day and what momentous occasions also took place on this day in history.

In the 1970s images of NASA Astronauts on the moon saw them driving the famous Lunar Rover.

Von Braun was born in Germany, led a Nazi research team, and later became an American Citizen, and an important force in the American Space Program.

Earth's Moon is a desolate airless world. Like other small moons and planets in the solar system it has no air. Why do these small worlds lack atmospheres?

Left-handed people were once thought to be evil, clumsy, or mentally ill, but today people recognize that being left-handed is perfectly natural.

Richard Nixon is surely best remembered for the Watergate scandal and subsequent resignation. There is certainly much more to his time in office than that, however.

Awesome Christmas 1968 space exploration when NASA's Apollo 8 with three astronauts became first manned space mission to orbit the Moon at Yuletide season.