Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Apollo 11 lunar samples, themselves. The four moon pebbles, which were embedded in a single lucite ball and mounted to a wooden podium together with ...

The Apollo mission that would eventually land a man on the Moon - Apollo 11 - was not the first. Apollo 8 and 10 entered lunar orbit but didn't achieve the program's goal, while during Apollo 1 ...

The WMF's concern isn't just about physical preservation but also about maintaining the historical and cultural value these ...

A piece of moon rock gifted to Ireland following NASA's historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 was tragically destroyed in a fire, newly uncovered documents from Ireland's National Archives reveal.

Platoff explains that Apollo 11's flag-raising on the moon was strictly a symbolic activity. Given that the United States was a signatory to the United Nations Treaty on Outer Space, the nation ...

NASA's requested funding was spent on the Great Society, including building rapid transit system in several cities ...

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is perfectly centered, his silhouette standing out against the monochrome lunar landscape. The ...

Tranquility Base, the WMF's page on preserving the Moon reads, is one of over 90 historic landing and impact sites that "mark ...

Recent photos taken by India’s Space Research Organization moon orbiter, known as Chandrayaan 2, clearly show the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 landing sites more than 50 years later. The photos were ...

The World Monuments Fund has included the moon on its 2025 "Watch" list of cultural heritage locations facing significant ...

For the first time, a location beyond Earth has been listed as vulnerable by the World Monuments Fund, an international ...

New details about the small pieces of the moon gifted by the United States to Ireland in 1970 have now been unearthed. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the Apollo 11 lunar samples ...