Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years ...

The WMF's concern isn't just about physical preservation but also about maintaining the historical and cultural value these ...

Specialists fear planned commercial flights could compromise lunar heritage, including Neil Armstrong’s bootprints.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is perfectly centered, his silhouette standing out against the monochrome lunar landscape. The ...

Platoff explains that Apollo 11's flag-raising on the moon was strictly a symbolic activity. Given that the United States was a signatory to the United Nations Treaty on Outer Space, the nation ...

The Apollo mission that would eventually land a man on the Moon - Apollo 11 - was not the first. Apollo 8 and 10 entered lunar orbit but didn't achieve the program's goal, while during Apollo 1 ...

New details about the small pieces of the moon gifted by the United States to Ireland in 1970 have now been unearthed. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Apollo 11 lunar samples ...

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Apollo 11 lunar samples, themselves. The four moon pebbles, which were embedded in a single lucite ball and mounted to a wooden podium together with ...

A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal.

APOLLO 11: First Steps Edition is a thrilling cinematic experience that showcases the real-life moments of humankind’s first steps on the moon. In this special edition created exclusively for IMAX and ...

Irish state documents from April 1984 show that officials were unsure where to display a piece of moon rock gifted by the United States to Ireland from the Apollo 11 mission of 1969. The moon rock ...