This is the story which happened in the Moon 40 years ago. 
PART 1: July 16, 1969, marks the first day of the audacious mission to land man on the moon. Journalists and engineers, flight directors and astronauts, prepare for the launch of the Saturn V rocket—then watch as slowly rumbles off the pad.
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PART 2: Once the Saturn V cleared the tower, responsibility shifted from Launch Control at Cape Kennedy to Mission Control in Houston. After entering its second Earth orbit, the third stage reignited, sending Apollo 11 on a three-day translunar coast.
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PART 3: On July 20, 1969, the lunar module began its final descent to the cratered surface—an event-filled trip that began with computer alarms and ended with Armstrong steering the craft to a landing site with just 18 seconds of fuel to spare.
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PART 4: After a successful lunar landing, Mission Control confirmed that it was safe to stay on the moon. The adrenaline-filled astronauts then got a head start exploring their surroundings, breaking only to take a quick phone call from the President.
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PART 5: After a 22-hour stay on the moon, Aldrin and Armstrong prepared to fire the ascent stage of the lunar module—which has only one chance to launch them back into orbit—even as Mission Control scrambled to locate the landing site.
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PART 6: After rendezvous, the main engine fired to send Apollo 11 on a trajectory for a three-day coast back to Earth. The astronauts burn through the atmosphere, splashdown in the ocean and are put in quarantine, while Mission Control celebrates.
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Due to the public and private clause of broadcast law, to this day, the Voice of America Apollo 11 sessions have never been heard across American airwaves. Here, are selected sound bites from the never-before-broadcast sessions.
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MIT's Giant Leaps conference offered a rare opportunity for an audience of Apollo alumni and aspiring students to hear from, if not President John F. Kennedy himself, then his closest advisor when the country toed the starting line of the Space Race.
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It has been 40 years since NASA first placed man on the moon. Not only was the space agency still young, but most of its employees were fresh out of college. Today, less than 20 percent of NASA's employees are under the age of 40.
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The most remarkable thing about Apollo 11 was its nearly flawless execution, from liftoff to splashdown. Here are the 17 critical events that had to go right, and what would have happened had they gone wrong.
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PM has plenty of Apollo 11 coverage, but it's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to writing and reporting about the historic event. Here are some more books about Apollo, new and old, for adults and children.
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America’s moonshot in 1969 stands as testament to great engineering and organization. However, all plans are subject to change. As early as 1962, Popular Mechanics was analyzing NASA’s concepts for the Apollo program.
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