The Apollo 11 command module, *Columbia*, is embarking on a nationwide "Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission" tour. The exhibit will feature *Columbia* and 20 other historic artifacts, offering ...

It was the only part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that came back from the moon. Designing, testing and building it was a monumental task, according... The Making Of Apollo's Command Module: 2 Engineers ...

This year, one of the most important artifacts of the Space Age, the Columbia command module of the Apollo 11 mission, will leave its home at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space ...

Note the calendar visible just to the left of John Harasaki, who was given the job of removing essential items during the Apollo 11's quarantine period. Courtesy of the National Air and Space Museum ...

The National Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian’s 3D Digitization Program have uncovered writing on the interior walls of the Apollo 11 command module Columbia while 3-D scanning the artifact.

For the first time in nearly half a century, the prized Apollo 11 command module Columbia will leave the National Air and Space Museum and go on a four-city tour. For the next two years, it will be ...

Note to editors: 360-degree photos, video and more multimedia available for media are available to media outlets. To mark the 47th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon-landing mission, the Smithsonian ...

Four the next two years, Apollo 11’s Command Module Columbia and one-of-a-kind artifacts from the Apollo era will travel the United States. The journey that the Apollo 11 command module Columbia was ...

It's been 47 years since NASA first put a man on the moon and you can now get an idea of what astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins experienced. The Smithsonian Institute, working ...

HOUSTON — The last time that it was in Houston, the spacecraft that flew the first humans to walk on the moon was purposely kept away from the public. On its first return to the city in 48 years, the ...

Look at a picture of the Apollo 11 launch and you'll probably notice the rocket's pointed tip and the fire coming from the five giant engines in the first stage of the 36-story-tall Saturn V rocket.