Over the moon! Buzz Aldrin marries ‘long-time love’ on his 93rd birthday
Second man to walk on the moon says he and Anca Faur are ‘as excited as eloping teenagers’
July 2022
Buzz Aldrin Apollo 11 jacket sold at auction for record $2.7m
White inflight jacket worn on mission to the moon fetches record price for a US space artefact
April 2021
'Not one iota lonely': Michael Collins on flying solo during Apollo 11 moon landing – video
Michael Collins, who was part of the Apollo 11 crew and kept the command module flying while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 90
June 2020
Weird world
Dinosaur toys and golf clubs: the strange things astronauts take to the moon
The personal items that Neil, Buzz and others carried with them – and left up there
July 2019
Apollo 11: fly-tipping us all to the moon?
Moon buggies and bags of poo: what humans left on the moon
'A thrill ran through me': your memories of the Apollo 11 moon landing
'We had 15 seconds of fuel left': Buzz Aldrin on the nervy moon landing
The greatest photos ever? Why the moon landing shots are artistic masterpieces
Today in Focus
Why do so many people still believe the moon landings were a hoax?
The moon landing still offers hope in a world ruled by tiny minds
Suzanne Moore
One giant ... lie? Why so many people still think the moon landings were faked
May 2019
Apollo 11: the fight for the first footprint on the moon
The decision to let Neil Armstrong take the first steps on the moon was controversial – especially with his colleague Buzz Aldrin
October 2018
Now you've seen it
First Man: Ryan Gosling's abstract Apollo mission – discuss with spoilers
The biopic of Neil Armstrong and the first moon landing has US patriots all fired up, but do Gosling and director Damien Chazelle achieve their objectives?
September 2018
'If anyone can Maga, it is Nasa': how First Man's flag 'snub' made space political again
Neil Armstrong biopic not unpatriotic, say sons as Aldrin fuels controversy
May 2018
From the archive: To the moon and back
In 1973, the Observer tracked down the 12 men who had once stood on the moon
October 2017
In Event of Moone Disaster review – intimate epic hurtles from 1969 to 2055
Book of the day
The Earth Gazers by Christopher Potter review – the missions to the moon
July 2017
Buzz Aldrin’s many faces during Trump’s space speech – video
The Apollo 11 astronaut had joined the president at the White House for the signing of an executive order to re-establish the National Space Council
