Orlando Sentinel

NASA says 1969 moon landing lab to be demolished next year

HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston building where Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong and his colleagues were quarantined after their 1969 moon mission has fallen into disrepair and will be demolished, NASA said. The Lunar Receiving Laboratory at Johnson Space ...
Newsweek

NASA Is Set to Tear Down the 1969 Moon Landing Lab

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. NASA is set to tear down the lab where the Apollo 11 astronauts were quarantined on their return to Earth, following the ...
NBC 10 Philadelphia

NASA Astronaut James McDivitt, Commander of 1969 Apollo 9 Mission, Dies at 93

James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s Gemini 4 mission, where his best friend and colleague Ed White made the ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

NASA crowd remembers 1969 launch of Apollo 11

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins returned Tuesday to the exact spot where he flew to the moon 50 years ago with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Collins had the spotlight to himself this time -- Armstrong has been dead for seven ...
The Guardian

Nasa halts auction of moon dust and cockroaches expected to sell for $400,000

Space agency says daughter of entomologist sold samples from 1969 Apollo 11 mission that belonged to Nasa Nasa wants its moon dust and cockroaches back. The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to halt the sale of moon dust collected during the ...