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![NASA astronaut Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin Jr stands beside the United States flag during Apollo 11 during a moon walk.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xLoCZ2mXvz2r6tYCzf6KCf-320-80.jpg)
Apollo landing sites: An observer's guide on how to spot them on the moon
By Stuart Atkinson, All About Space magazine published
Gaze upon the lunar surface tonight, and you'll see where astronauts, rovers, and landers stepped onto another world.
![A still image from a NASA Scientific Visualization Studio video, where each Apollo-era landing site is marked on the lunar face.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wQAhcpD6QjtDnXgW6Mua7U-320-80.jpg)
Awesome NASA Time-Lapse Video Shows the Moon's Phases During Apollo Lunar Landings
By Doris Elin Urrutia last updated
![Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, sixth from left, Houston Airports director Mario Diaz, fifth from left and Collins Aerospace vice president Allen Flynt, fourth from right, join other city, spaceport and company officials in ceremonially breaking ground for Collins Aerospace’s new campus at Houston Airport on Monday, June 7, 2021 at the Lone Star Flight Museum at Ellington Airport in Houston, Texas.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h7XrTQmMAcV4jA6AsKqTf8-320-80.jpg)
Collins Aerospace to support NASA life support systems at new Houston Spaceport campus
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
More than 50 years after it provided the communications link between Houston and the moon, Collins Aerospace is again helping connect "Space City" with the future of U.S. activities in space.
![Astra's Rocket 3.2 launches on a test flight from Alaska's Pacific Spaceport Complex on Dec. 15, 2020. The rocket reached space, a first for California-based Astra.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BhGjJWHMU6vMFvAQtmGF6W-320-80.jpg)
Astra to acquire propulsion company Apollo Fusion for launches beyond low Earth orbit
By Mike Wall published
Astra announced on Monday (June 7) that it's acquiring Apollo Fusion, a company that builds electric-propulsion spacecraft engines.
!["I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth,” President John F. Kennedy declared during his historic message to a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961. Shown in the background are Vice President Lyndon Johnson (left) and Speaker of the House Sam T. Rayburn (right).](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nuYCkTUXUmktRZjoFEfGcG-320-80.jpg)
JFK's 'moon speech' at 60: Remember Apollo, and what made it possible
By Mike Wall last updated
If you're wondering why humanity hasn't been to the moon in 50 years, consider the circumstances that got us there in the first place.
![The Apollo 11 crew smiles in quarantine after their mission. From left, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AeZcBHkdKVmWZ5a2d2Hvnb-320-80.jpg)
Petition to NASA: Name moon-orbiting space station after Apollo 11's Michael Collins
By Leonard David published
More than 13,700 people have signed a petition to NASA to name the space agency’s planned Lunar Gateway after Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who died last month at the age of 90.
![Neil Armstrong photo after his historic moonwalk](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3pEHUAQcMdWbUdNXNLa2QQ-320-80.jpg)
NASA's moonwalking Apollo astronauts: Where are they now?
By Space.com Staff published
A look at the 18 men who flew on manned moon landing missions.
![Michael Collins training in the Apollo command module simulator in preparation for the Apollo 11 mission in June 1969.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LngpJEjiQfYLbjAHEcHt6M-320-80.jpg)
Astronauts and the world mourn death of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins
By Chelsea Gohd last updated
People around the world are mourning the death of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the command module for the first-ever moon landing in 1969.
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