It was 55 years ago this month that humans first set foot on the moon. I’d been excited about this since I saw in our local newspaper a closeup photo of the lunar crater named Alphonsus, captured by ...

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong announced his historic arrival on the ancient lava plain of Mare Tranquillitatis with the following message to NASA: "Houston, Tranquility Base ...

Before Apollo astronauts set foot upon the moon, much remained unknown about the lunar surface. While most scientists ...

Back in the early 2000s, when I was butting heads seemingly every week with people who believed the Apollo moon landings were faked, such individuals would pull out an argument they thought was their ...