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With the private sector moving aggressively into space, NASA is no longer the only game in town for would-be space travelers.

The satellites were finally ready to beam images back to Earth in 1969. And some 600 million people watched the event live.

The country’s hopes to become the fourth to land on the moon were put on hold Monday.

The country's plans to launch an unmanned rover into space were delayed at the last moment, but it is determined to join a select group of nations.

They’ve nearly vanished, but hubs in Southern California and on Long Island played key roles in the lunar race.

Something of a new lunar race is underway, but the motivations differ from what put men on its surface 50 years ago.

Conspiracy theories were once deadly serious. On the internet, skepticism about the moon landing shows how the mood has shifted.

The restored room is a museum piece, and yet it is alive, as though engineers stepped out briefly but would be right back.

The powerful rocket is carrying an assortment of cargo, including a solar sail, an atomic clock and the ashes of 152 people.