 To date, 636 people have travelled to space, with women comprising just over 11 per cent of that total. 

From NASA's Neil Armstrong to Rakesh Sharma: 7 legendary astronauts who redefined space exploration

Buzz Aldrin's in-flight jacket worn during Apollo 11 mission sold for record-breaking $2.8 million at auction

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

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.

Sample of moon dust collected by Neil Armstrong sold at an auction for $500,000

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

NASA photographs of Apollo missions to go on auction in Denmark

50 years ago, humanity's first steps on another world

It has been a half-century since Neil Armstrong stepped out of a lunar module and onto the surface of the moon on July 20, 1969, and declared, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." The moment heralded a golden age of space exploration that was set in motion just eight years earlier in 1961 when President John F Kennedy promised before Congress to put a man on the moon before the decade was out. Garden City, New York's Cradle of Aviation Museum curator Joshua Stoff explained why the 50th anniversary of the moon landing on Saturday is so significant.

'There's no 7-Eleven on the moon to supply you with spare parts' : Engineer remembers Apollo 11

As the world prepares to mark fifty years since the day American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, Reuters journalist Manuel Carrillo recalls his assignment covering the launch of Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969. A young Carrillo was working for Mexico's Excelsior Newspaper at the time and was sent to cover the historic event. On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, rocketing astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins into space. Four days later, on July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Aldrin landed Apollo 11's module, the Eagle, on the moon and stepped onto the lunar surface.

Like 'science fiction': Mexican journalist remembers Apollo 11

For the first time in 13 years, the spacesuit astronaut Neil Armstrong wore in his mission to the moon went on display to the public at the Smithsonian's Air & Space Museum on Tuesday, exactly 50 years to the day when the Apollo 11 launched into space. The ceremony was attended by Armstrong's son Rick who unveiled it along with Vice President Mike Pence who recalled how the US was deeply divided in the late 1960s but came together in pride when Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.

Neil Armstrong's spacesuit goes on display

'One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind': 50 years of historic Apollo 11 mission

On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, rocketing astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins into space. Watch this video to know more.

'One giant leap': 50 years since the first moon landing

50 years since the Apollo Mission. To know more watch the video.

50 years since the Apollo Mission

50 years since the first moon landing, Astronaut laments '50 years of non-progress'

Chandrayaan-2: A look at the past moon expeditions

How visions of the Moon inspired centuries of storytellers

Small step, giant memories: Neil Armstrong's moonwalk remembered

Saturday marks 50 years since the historic first moon landing of 1969. On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, rocketing astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins into space. Four days later, on July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Aldrin landed Apollo 11's module, the Eagle, on the moon and stepped onto the lunar surface.

Timeline of space exploration 1969 - 2001

Sotheby's to auction rare videotape of Neil Armstrong's first steps on moon

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