The Apollo 11 moon mission is celebrating its 55th year of lunar landing this week, with NASA sharing a bunch of pictures and trivia. Apollo 11 took off for the moon on July 16, 1969, with the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle landing on the moon on July 20.

Apollo 11 photos: NASA marks 55th anniversary of moon landing with iconic images

For centuries, the origin of Earth's closest celestial companion, the Moon, has been shrouded in mystery. However, recent evidence suggests that the Moon may be significantly older than previously believed, shedding light on its enigmatic history.

How old is the Moon? Study finds it's 40 million years older than we thought

A sample of moon dust collected by Neil Armstrong during the historic Apollo 11 mission, that first put humans on the Moon went under the hammer and was sold for a whopping $504,375 at an auction on Wednesday.

This is how a NASA sample of lunar dust came to be sold at a public auction for $500,000

The lunar samples collected by American astronaut Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission are heading to auction. They are a part of a batch that contains five aluminum sample stubs.

Lunar samples collected by Neil Armstrong, first person to walk on the Moon, are heading to auction

Pakistan said on Thursday it aims to send its first astronaut into space by 2022 and will begin selecting candidates next year. Neighbouring country India put its first astronaut into space in 1984 as part of a Soviet-led mission.

Pakistan aims to send first astronaut into space by 2022

Capping a week of celebrations over the historic Apollo 11 mission, Vice President Mike Pence joined astronaut Buzz Aldrin on Saturday at the launch pad in Florida that sent the moonwalker and his two crewmates to space for humankind's first steps on the lunar surface 50 years ago.

Astronauts hailed as heroes 50 years after historic moon landing

Fifty years after a mighty rocket set off from Florida carrying the first humans to the Moon, a veteran of the Apollo 11 crew returned to its fabled launch pad Tuesday to commemorate "one giant leap" that became a defining moment in human history.

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Aldrin, 86, was was on a tourist trip but flown out of Antarctica after his 'condition deteriorated'

Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin medically evacuated from South Pole