Astronaut Buzz Aldrin inside the Apollo 11 prior to the lunar landing on July 20, 1969. (Credit: NASA)

Press conference for the opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Space Exploration

Space Exploration Archives | HISTORY

Home

HISTORY

<p>The 1960s was one of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history. The era was marked by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and antiwar protests, countercultural movements, political assassinations and the emerging "generation gap."</p>


1960s

<p>Space exploration, one of the greatest technological achievements in human history, includes the Apollo missions, the Space Shuttles Columbia and Challenger, and people like Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.</p>


Space exploration remains one of the greatest technological advances in human history. Learn about the Apollo missions, the Space Shuttles Columbia and Challenger, Neil Armstrong and more.

Space Exploration: Timeline and Technologies | HISTORY

1976

2011

1975

1962

1966

<div id="1680273445.167319" class="c-virtual_list__item c-virtual_list__item--initial-activeitem" role="listitem" data-qa="virtual-list-item" data-item-key="1680273445.167319">
<div class="c-message_kit__background p-message_pane_message__message c-message_kit__message" role="presentation" data-qa="message_container" data-qa-unprocessed="false" data-qa-placeholder="false">
<div class="c-message_kit__hover" role="document" data-qa-hover="true">
<div class="c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--default">
<div class="c-message_kit__gutter">
<div class="c-message_kit__gutter__right" role="presentation" data-qa="message_content">
<div class="c-message_kit__blocks c-message_kit__blocks--rich_text">
<div class="c-message__message_blocks c-message__message_blocks--rich_text" data-qa="message-text">
<div class="p-block_kit_renderer" data-qa="block-kit-renderer">
<div class="p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper p-block_kit_renderer__block_wrapper--first">
<div class="p-rich_text_block" dir="auto">
<div class="p-rich_text_section">African Americans have played a central role in shaping U.S. history. From slavery and its abolition to the Great Migration, the civil rights movement and military, scientific, cultural and political achievements, explore key moments, milestones and figures in Black History.</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="1680273480.911289" class="c-virtual_list__item" role="listitem" data-qa="virtual-list-item" data-item-key="1680273480.911289">
<div class="c-message_kit__background p-message_pane_message__message c-message_kit__message" role="presentation" data-qa="message_container" data-qa-unprocessed="false" data-qa-placeholder="false">
<div class="c-message_kit__hover" role="document" data-qa-hover="true">
<div class="c-message_kit__actions c-message_kit__actions--default">
<div class="c-message_kit__gutter">
<div class="c-message_kit__gutter__left" role="presentation" data-stringify-ignore="true"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>


Black History

1983

<p>Paranormal activity refers to any event or situation outside the scope of modern scientific reasoning, such as UFO sightings, the Roswell crash, the predictions of Nostradamus and other curiosities.</p>


Space Exploration

Topics

UFOs and Alien Invasions in Film

Stories

How Landing the First Man on the Moon Cost Dozens of Lives

The Apollo Mission That Nearly Ended With a Mutiny in Space

Buzz Aldrin Took Holy Communion on the Moon. NASA Kept it Quiet

When Sally Ride Took Her First Space Flight, Sexism Was the Norm

This Day in History

NASA’s final space shuttle mission comes to an end

Guion S. Bluford becomes the first African American to travel to space

Lunik 9 soft-lands on lunar surface

Superpowers meet in space

NASA unveils its first space shuttle, the Enterprise

John Glenn becomes first American to orbit Earth