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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Were Supposed to Nap After Landing on the Moon, But They Couldn't Wait to Walk

By Sanya Mansoor

Apollo 11, 50 Years Later

Space Exploration Artifacts Can Fetch Millions of Dollars at Auction

By Jeffrey Kluger

What Was the Apollo 11 Spacecraft Like? Climb Inside in 3D

By Jeffrey Kluger
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Rare Space Artifacts on the Auction Block on Anniversary of Moon Landing

Including a full size, working Sputnik replica, expected to sell for $15,000

By Marisa Gertz

This Is How Much the U.S. Government Reimbursed Buzz Aldrin for His ‘Business Trip’ To the Moon

The former astronaut shows us his epic Throwback Thursday picture

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Neil Armstrong's Widow Discovers Bag of Lunar Souvenirs

One giant leap for the National Air and Space Museum's collection

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Buzz Aldrin Turns 85: A Look Back at a Remarkable Life

The second man on the moon has lived large—and is still at it. Here's a peek at what it's like to be Buzz

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Smiles in Quarantine: Remembering Apollo 11 After Splashdown

Photos of Armstrong, Collins and Aldrin interacting with family members and with the president are about as different in tone from the somber images of quarantined ebola patients as one is likely to find.

By Ben Cosgrove

Remembering the First Moon Landing

The mission that made space history

By Salima Koroma

Rarely-Seen Photos From Apollo 11's Mission to the Moon

TIME searched through NASA's archives for these rarely seen images

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See TIME's 1969 Cover Celebrating the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

50 years after the giant leap for mankind, TIME remembers the moon landing issue

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These 5 GIFs Show the Biggest Moments of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Humankind first stepped on the moon 50 years ago this month

By Mia Tramz

The First Ever Photograph from Space

The first ever photo taken from space has a pretty crazy backstory involving a Nazi engineer.

By Richard Conway

Apollo 11: What Liftoff Looked Like

On the 45th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, 97-year-old Ralph Morse recalls how he made what might be the single most famous -- and thrilling -- five-image sequence in the history of photography.

By Ben Cosgrove

'To the Moon and Back.' See LIFE's Complete Special Issue on Apollo 11

For millions of people who witnessed the Apollo 11 triumph, the event perhaps did not feel quite real until, two weeks later, LIFE magazine published its definitive account of the epic journey

By Ben Cosgrove

The Amazing Lunar Module: From Early Models to the Moon

Behind the craft's complex development is an audaciously straightforward idea

By Ben Cosgrove

Up Close and Personal With Apollo 11: A Photographer's Story

Ralph Morse remembers his time with the Apollo 11 astronauts -- and their families -- before their great adventure in 1969

By Ben Cosgrove

Neil Armstrong: Private Man, Public Hero

Neil Armstrong, who died on Saturday, August 25, at 82 years old, was one of those rare, genuine heroes whose legend grew larger with passing years not because he nurtured the myths that attached to...

By Ben Cosgrove
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