Space

The spacecraft is scheduled to land on the lunar south pole in September

Many gathered in record heat at races and other festivities to commemorate the "giant leap"

"On the eve of history, perhaps men do not sleep well, or perhaps they are not meant to"

Collins did not leave any boot prints on the moon, but he was "the ticket home" the the men who did

And other highlights from TIME's original 1969 coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing

Half a century after humankind first walked on the moon, our sole natural satellite is becoming a much busier place. NASA wants to make a return trip, as do private American space companies like Elon...