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It's Monday, July 21, 1969 -- or is it? Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made historic bootprints on the moon, collected rock samples, took photographs and headed home. But that was 50 years ago. It's actually 2019, and this is the last show of the...

It’s Sunday, July 20, 1969, and we did it folks! With Michael Collins orbiting above, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have landed on the moon. After a nail-biting descent to the surface, the heroic duo touched down this afternoon and are preparing to...

It's Sunday, July 13, 1969, and the Apollo 11 launch takes place in just three days. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins are reducing their training to ensure they are well rested for the big day, but the topic of germs remains...

It's Sunday, July 6, 1969, and we have less than two weeks before the launch of Apollo 11, the mission that will attempt to land the first humans on the moon. All three astronauts have been declared fit to fly by a medical examiner, but NASA is taking...

It's Sunday, June 29, 1969, and today on "Space Talk Sunday," Alex and Andy discuss the three astronauts who will be aboard Apollo 11 for America's next trip to the moon and the planned lunar landing attempt: Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins.

It's Sunday, June 22, 1969, and NASA is moving full steam ahead on a July 16 launch of Apollo 11. Meanwhile, a Soviet philologist says that the Star of Bethlehem was a spaceship, and Jesus Christ was a visitor from another planet.

It's June 15, 1969, and the country is just 35 days from making history by putting the first men on the moon. But even as NASA continues to prepare for the landing attempt, it is gearing up for the future: a lunar vehicle and travel to Mars.

It's Sunday, June 8, 1969, and KHCN-AM 4747 has learned a little more about the unexpected spin Gene Cernan and Tom Stafford took in the lunar module just a few miles above the moon's surface. NASA also is ironing out the communication problems Apollo...

It's Sunday, June 1, 1969, and the Apollo 10 astronauts have returned to Houston after a flawless splashdown near American Samoa. Mission control flight director Glynn Lunney called the mission a "110 percent success." The astronauts' return was open...

It’s Sunday, May 25, 1969 and Apollo 10 has almost completed its eight-day mission testing the lunar module in the moon’s orbit. The mission has been so successful that top NASA officials said that if there was enough fuel in the lunar module,...