/tags/moon-landing-50th-anniversary Moon Landing 50th Anniversary en-US Copyright Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:00:00 GMT /politics/2019-07-12/wapakoneta-may-not-have-a-lot-but-it-will-always-have-neil-armstrong This story was first published July 12, 2019 and has been updated. Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:00:00 GMT /politics/2019-07-12/wapakoneta-may-not-have-a-lot-but-it-will-always-have-neil-armstrong Howard Wilkinson /local-news/2019-09-27/apollo-11-command-module-enters-cincinnatis-orbit It's the only portion of the historic Apollo 11 spacecraft to return to Earth after taking humans to the moon, and it's now in Cincinnati for a limited… Fri, 27 Sep 2019 20:24:29 GMT /local-news/2019-09-27/apollo-11-command-module-enters-cincinnatis-orbit Tana Weingartner /news-from-npr/2019-07-19/hollywood-shoots-the-moon-117-years-of-lunar-landings-at-the-movies Motion pictures went to the moon long before Apollo 11 did, and they keep going back. Critic Bob Mondello reflects on the many films, from 1902 to today, that have made the journey. Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:01:00 GMT /news-from-npr/2019-07-19/hollywood-shoots-the-moon-117-years-of-lunar-landings-at-the-movies Bob Mondello /news-from-npr/2019-07-19/how-a-10-year-old-boy-helped-apollo-11-return-to-earth Greg Force was just a boy when his father, the director of a NASA tracking station in Guam, called home with an important mission for him: to help the crew of Apollo 11 return safely to Earth. Fri, 19 Jul 2019 09:04:54 GMT /news-from-npr/2019-07-19/how-a-10-year-old-boy-helped-apollo-11-return-to-earth Josh Axelrod, Mia Warren /news-from-npr/2019-07-18/moon-tunes-songs-to-celebrate-our-glowing-orb To mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, a far-reaching playlist of off-the-beaten-orbit tracks for your space travels. Thu, 18 Jul 2019 09:00:37 GMT /news-from-npr/2019-07-18/moon-tunes-songs-to-celebrate-our-glowing-orb Tom Huizenga /history/2019-07-18/celebrating-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-moon-landing Fifty years ago this month, the world watched as the Apollo 11 lunar module, nicknamed the "Eagle," landed on the moon and Commander Neil Armstrong and… Thu, 18 Jul 2019 08:00:00 GMT /history/2019-07-18/celebrating-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-moon-landing Michael Monks /news-from-npr/2019-07-16/the-making-of-apollos-command-module-2-engineers-recall-tragedy-and-triumph It was the only part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that came back from the moon. Designing, testing and building it was a monumental task, according to two engineers who were part of the effort. Tue, 16 Jul 2019 12:01:00 GMT /news-from-npr/2019-07-16/the-making-of-apollos-command-module-2-engineers-recall-tragedy-and-triumph Jacob Margolis /news-from-npr/news-from-npr/2019-07-11/of-little-details-and-lunar-dust-preserving-neil-armstrongs-apollo-11-spacesuit Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit is about to go back on public display after a Smithsonian effort to preserve it. The effort wasn't to make it pristine. Lunar dust still covers the boots. Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:00:00 GMT /news-from-npr/news-from-npr/2019-07-11/of-little-details-and-lunar-dust-preserving-neil-armstrongs-apollo-11-spacesuit Barry Gordemer /media/2019-07-10/looking-up-eight-years-to-the-moon Looking Up continues celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, this time by learning more about the entire Apollo mission with Nancy… Wed, 10 Jul 2019 05:00:00 GMT /media/2019-07-10/looking-up-eight-years-to-the-moon Dean Regas, Anna Hehman /media/2019-06-26/looking-up-celebrating-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-moon-landing As the world prepares to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, we go to the hometown of celebrated Astronaut Neil Armstrong so… Wed, 26 Jun 2019 05:00:00 GMT /media/2019-06-26/looking-up-celebrating-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-moon-landing Dean Regas, Anna Hehman