Whoever got to the moon first would attain serious bragging rights. And it was in 1969 that the ground-breaking first walk on the moon took place, with Neil Armstrong the first to make a footprint ...

Apollo 14 After Apollo 13's near-disaster and aborted Moon landing, Apollo 14 (1971) saw America's first astronaut, Alan Shepard, as the commander with Ed Mitchell as lunar module pilot. Shepard ...