Google offers ‘guided tour’ of the moon, 40 years after the first Apollo landing

July 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new report, National Geographic News has outlined 5 little-known facts about the Moon landing. So, 40 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, here are some of the facts that you probably didn't know about the historic event: 1.

July 21st, 2009 Forty years back this day that is July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin stepped on moon. US President Obama celebrates the 40 anniversary moon landing by paying tribute to the astronauts of Apollo 11.

July 20th, 2009 Obama honors first men to land on moonWASHINGTON — Hailing the Apollo 11 astronauts as "three genuine American heroes," President Barack Obama said Monday that exploration spurs ingenuity and inspires students in math and science. In an Oval Office ceremony commemorating the day 40 years ago when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took man's first steps on the moon, Obama compared their accomplishment to his goal of the United States having the highest college graduation rates in the world by 2020.

July 20th, 2009 Researchers: Still learning from moon rocksST. LOUIS — Forty years after the Apollo 11 astronauts made their historic lunar landing, the rocks they collected are still helping researchers learn about the moon and the solar system.

July 20th, 2009 CANBERRA - Edwin "buzz" Aldrin, the second man on the moon, has said that it doesn't matter who was the first on the Moon, as the landing was more important than walking on the lunar surface. According to a report in The News, Aldrin made the statement at a book-signing recently, arguing that being second man on the moon behind Neil Armstrong was "just as significant".

July 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - It's been decades since they set foot on the moon, but the pioneers of the Apollo programme remain committed to exploring space with the goal of sending a human to Mars. Seven astronauts from the Apollo programme talked with journalists Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon.

July 19th, 2009 Aldrin: NASA should work to put people on MarsWASHINGTON — Former Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin says NASA should set its sights on a bigger target in the future: Mars. Aldrin made the comments on the eve of the 40th anniversary of his landing on the moon on the Apollo 11 mission.

July 19th, 2009 Where were you when Apollo 11 landed? Not born yetWASHINGTON — Most Americans have never known a world where man hasn't been to the moon. It used to be a given that people knew where they were when man first walked on the moon on July 20, 1969, watching the black-and-white images on television.

July 18th, 2009 Aldrin reflects on first moon landingDAYTON, Ohio — Buzz Aldrin still has the felt-tipped pen he used as a makeshift switch needed to fire up the engines that lifted him and fellow Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong off the moon and started their safe return to Earth nearly 40 years ago. "The pen and the circuit breaker (switch) are in my possession because we do get a few memorabilia to kind of symbolize things that happened," Aldrin told reporters Friday.

July 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - There are still many secrets waiting to be gleaned from moon rocks collected by Apollo 11 astronauts on their historic moonwalk 40 years ago. Randy L Korotev, research professor in the department of earth and planetary sciences Washington University-St Louis (WUSTL), has studied lunar samples and their chemical compositions since he was an undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin.

July 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A lunar geochemist at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) has determined that there are still many answers to be gleaned from the moon rocks collected by the Apollo 11 astronauts on their historic moonwalk 40 years ago.

July 17th, 2009 Aldrin: moon desolate, but magnificentDAYTON, Ohio — Buzz Aldrin still has the felt-tipped pen he used as a makeshift switch needed to fire up the engines that lifted him and fellow Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong off the moon and started their safe return to Earth nearly 40 years ago. "The pen and the circuit breaker (switch) are in my possession because we do get a few memorabilia to kind of symbolize things that happened," Aldrin told reporters Friday.

July 17th, 2009 Apollo 11 lunar navigation chart sells for $218KNEW YORK — A navigational chart used by Apollo 11 astronauts became the unexpected star of an auction on Thursday marking the 40th anniversary of man's first lunar landing. The circular lunar surface chart, which is 9 inches in diameter and consists of two sheets of plastic, sold for a stellar $218,000, according to Bonhams New York.

July 17th, 2009 New NASA photos show Apollo leftovers on the moonWASHINGTON — New NASA photos of the moon show the leftovers from man's exploration 40 years ago. For the first time, photos from space pinpoint equipment left behind from Apollo landings, and even the well-worn tracks made by astronauts on the moon surface.

June 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - Buzz Aldrin has revealed that not all memories of the historic landing on the Moon 40 years ago were as romantic as portrayed. The second man to set foot on the moon said the July 20, 1969 landing bore another side of reality that the video archives could not translate.