Apollo 11

The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to halt the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that had subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment to determine if the lunar rock contained any sort of pathogen that posed a threat to terrestrial life.

On July 21, 1969, after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to set foot on the moon, Armstrong gathered a small “contingency sample” of lunar dust before carrying out the rest of his planned activities.

Collins was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.

Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who piloted the ship from which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left to make their historic first steps on the moon in 1969, died Wednesday of cancer, his family said. He was 90.

Jim Lovell flew four times in space, including two trips to the Moon. He was the backup commander of Apollo 11, and was in Mission Control when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first lunar landing.

NASA prepping to open moon rock samples sealed since the Apollo missions.

It’s back to the moon for brands from Omega to Budweiser marking 50 years since Apollo 11

It’s back to the moon for brands from Omega to Budweiser marking 50 years since Apollo 11