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Apollo 11 was the first mission to ever successfully land a man on the moon. The Mission The Apollo 11 mission was launched from Cape Kennedy at 1:30 PM...

As flames engulfed one NASA aircraft before it could even leave the ground of Cape Kennedy, Florida, one astronaut uttered final pleas that have haunted the legacy of America's space race

November 1968 proved pivotal to achieving the goal of landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. The highly successful Apollo 7 mission that

The third and final crewed mission to the Skylab space station, Skylab 4, got underway on Nov. 16, 1973, with a thunderous launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the life of astronaut Buzz Aldrin.PersonalBirth date: January 20, 1930Birth place: Montclair, New JerseyBirth

Frank Borman, born in 1928, emerged as one of the most influential figures in the history of space exploration. As a test pilot, astronaut, and commander of the groundbreaking Apollo 8 mission, Borman’s career spanned the heights of the Cold War space race.

Ken Mattingly — who orbited the Moon and flew on the space shuttle — will forever be known as the astronaut who guided Apollo 13 safely home.

Apollo astronaut Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II, known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 safely return to Earth after an explosion doomed their lunar mission, has died at the age of 87, NASA announced.

In October 1968, the American human spaceflight program took significant steps toward achieving President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon