Auction offers Neil Armstrong’s reply to NASA engineer’s Apollo 11 mission patch ideas

a collection of pencil and ink concepts for Apollo mission patches, as well as a embroidered patch

Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his handwritten letter, it was too late. The Apollo 11 commander and his crewmates had already arrived at a design to represent the first moon landing. Armstrong’s note and the mission patch proposal that inspired it are up for auction in Goldberg Coins & Collectibles’ Feb. 27 … Read more

How did walking on the Moon affect the Apollo astronauts?

In one of the most famous photos in history, Buzz Aldrin – Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 11 – stands on the Moon. Credit: NASA Strange as it may sound, where the astronauts sat (or “sat” – the crew actually stood) in the Apollo Lunar Module may have profoundly impacted the way the experience of … Read more

Piece of Apollo 11 spacecraft ‘lands’ in moon meteorite-lined wedding ring

For better or for worse, a small part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft will now be Jon Mesick’s to have and to hold for all the days of his life. The strip of golden thermal polyimide tape, which made the trip to the moon with the first astronauts to land there in 1969, is now … Read more

You can now wear an Apollo Guidance Computer keypad as a wristwatch

The following article was written by Tom Robinson, collectSPACE.com contributor. When NASA’s Apollo spacecraft launched to the moon, it had on board two briefcase-size computers that for their day would normally have required enough floor space to fill a couple of rooms. The compact devices were small, but had enough processing power and memory to … Read more

NASA pushes first Moon landing since Apollo era to 2027

Artemis 2 crewmembers Jeremy Hansen (from left), Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch will have to wait a few additional months before they fly around the moon and back. Credit: James Blair/NASA For the second time this year, NASA has pushed back its timeline to land the first Americans on the Moon since the … Read more