If you have a lazy $90,000 lying around you to can own a copy of “Moonfire” by Norman Mailer, which tells the story of the Apollo 11 launch. Included with the book comes a coffee table – complete with legs that resemble those of the lunar module – designed by Marc Newson.
A piece of actual [...]

The lunar landing sites of Apollo 11, 14, 15, and 17 variously transposed onto maps of central London, New York, and Sydney.
The crew of Apollo 11 confined their surface activities to an area no greater than the size of Trafalgar Square in London, Apollo 14 astronauts trekked 1.5 kilometres from the lunar module, while the [...]

The Apollo 11 Moon landing brought out a fair degree of, shall we say, fanciful predictions for the future of space exploration from a number of science fiction writers, including Ray Bradbury.
After leaving Frost’s “party,” he took a taxi to CBS’s studio, where the author was interviewed by Mike Wallace. “This is an effort to [...]

Obligatory Apollo 11 related link of the day: a collection of photos taken before, during, and after the mission. The shots taken in the vicinity of the Moon that also feature Earth are among the most stunning in my opinion.

“Greatly improved video imagery” from the Apollo 11 Moon mission that has apparently been locked away for the last 40 years will be released later today, being of course the 40th anniversary of the flight’s launch.
The release will feature 15 key moments from Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin’s historic moonwalk using what is believed [...]

To mark the 40th anniversary of the mission, the John F. Kennedy Museum and Library launches We Choose The Moon, which will effectively “replay” the entire flight starting from the launch countdown.
WeChooseTheMoon.org – goes live at 8:02 a.m. Thursday, 90 minutes before the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch from Cape Canaveral, Fla. It [...]

Small reflectors left on the Moon by missions such as Apollo 11 are being utilised by a group of scientists who are aiming laser beams at them in an attempt to test the soundness, or otherwise, of aspects of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
In the mid-1960s, when NASA asked for suggestions for experiments [...]

From a longer piece on the demise of interplanetary travel and exploration, a paragraph describing the actual landing of the Apollo 11 lunar module, Eagle.
Landing any craft that is in flight is always a tricky task, compounded in the case of the Apollo Moon missions by the fact there are no second chances, overshoots, [...]

Ten of the best conspiracy theories, including of course, the “faked” Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Glen Nagle of the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex says he spends much of his time setting the doubters straight, as the idea the Moon landing was a hoax seems to be gaining traction.
But what does Nagle tell moon-landing doubters? Does [...]

“Moonwalk One”, a film featuring footage of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and interviews with people associated with different aspects of the mission, is set to be released to mark the 40th anniversary of the historic lunar flight.