Far above the Earth, NASA’s Apollo lunar lander put astronauts on the moon

America's most daring, extraordinary feat, landing astronauts on the moon, remains the pinnacle of achievement by anyone ...

The Plastic Pen That Saved Apollo 11: How a Simple Felt-Tip Kept Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin From Being Stranded on the Moon

A broken engine switch threatened to leave the first Moon walkers trapped on the lunar surface until an ordinary pen became ...

This ordinary felt-tip pen helped save Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin from being stranded on the Moon in 1969, now it has sold at auction for $85…

An ordinary felt-tip pen that helped save two astronauts from being stranded on the Moon has been sold at auction for ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Buzz Aldrin Used This Humble Felt-Tip Pen to Save the Apollo II Astronauts. It Just Sold for More Than $850,000

In July 1969, a quick-thinking Aldrin used the writing instrument to rearm the engine arm circuit of the lunar module "Eagle" ...

Pen that saved the Apollo 11 astronauts sells for over $800K at auction

Sotheby’s Space Exploration auction features the life-saving instrument, a Snoopy pin, space-flown flags, and more.
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How the Apollo Spacecraft Works: Part 2

This video details the journey to the moon and the successful landing on the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission. It ...
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

In 1969, Apollo 10 hurtled past the moon at a speed no human has matched in more than half a century

On 26 May 1969, the command module of Apollo 10 hit Earth’s atmosphere travelling at 36,397 feet per second, or 39,937.7 ...

Pen Buzz Aldrin used to save Apollo 11 moonwalkers goes on sale

Aldrin’s personal collection, including a pen used to replace a broken button on the lander, and Gus the $36 million T-rex ...

Moon shot: The amazing story of how America ultimately beat the Soviet Union in the great space race

From the day the Soviets put an astronaut into space in April 1961, the race was on with America to get a man on the moon.
New York Post

Apollo snubs Mamdani, picks Texas tech hotspot for second US HQ

Apollo Global Management has reportedly picked Austin, Texas, as the city that will host its second US headquarters, as Wall Street firms look to escape Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tax-and-spend, left-wing ...
The Real Deal

Private capital giant Apollo selects Austin as second HQ

Apollo Global Management is set to relocate its second headquarters to Austin. The details on the move are opaque. The Financial Times reported that plans for Austin aren’t final. There’s also no ...