• Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory to Host Event Celebrating Apollo 11’s 50th Anniversary

    [bc_video video_id=”6061826013001″ account_id=”5728959025001″ player_id=”Hkbio1usDM” embed=”in-page” padding_top=”56%” autoplay=”” min_width=”0px” max_width=”640px” width=”100%” height=”100%”] Fifty years ago this weekend, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. As fellow crew member, Michael Collins, kept watch in the command module overhead. In fact, more than 400,000 people spent close to a decade, […]

  • Apollo Rocket Projected Onto Washington Monument for Anniv.

    In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, the National Air and Space Museum is recreating the historic moment with a life-sized projection of the Saturn V rocket on the Washington Monument. The “once-in-a-lifetime” event is part of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s celebration of the 50th anniversary of the […]

  • Apollo 11 Astronaut Returns to Launch Pad 50 Years Later

    Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he and two other astronauts flew to the moon 50 years ago. At NASA’s invitation, Michael Collins spent the golden anniversary at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida. He marked the precise moment — 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969 — […]

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