Apollo 11 Moon Landing, 1969

This bulletin from the Associated Press alerts newsrooms that the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle had successfully landed on the moon July 20.

Stories on this Milwaukee Sentinel's front page cover lunar activities by the Apollo 11 astronauts and charges being filed against Sen. Ted Kennedy after a fatal car accident.

A Florida newspaper based in the same county as the Kennedy Space Center devotes its entire front page — and extensive coverage inside — to the successful Apollo 11 lunar landing.

The Indianapolis News reports that over 500 million people worldwide watched the televised black-and-white images of the Apollo 11 moonwalk, including residents of tiny Moonville, Ind.

Mallorca’s Ultima Hora points out the Sea of Tranquility on the moon, where astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin landed in the Eagle lunar module on July 20, 1969.

The New York Times devotes the first section of its July 21 paper to news of the historic moon landing and televised exploration by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin.

This South Dakota newspaper's coverage of the July 20, 1969, moon landing includes reactions from the astronauts’ wives as well as people around the world.

This Australian newspaper declares the landing of two U.S. astronauts "opens a new era in the history of the human race."

This special edition of the magazine features photographs taken by the crew of Apollo 11 during the first manned mission to successfully land on the moon.

An essay in the Eugene Register-Guard contemplates both the benefits and potential problems of such an incredible accomplishment. It asks: "What does it all mean?"

This Las Vegas newspaper captures the excitement as two American astronauts explore the moon's surface on July 20. Earlier in the day, President Richard Nixon had led the nation in prayer for a successful moon landing.

A special edition of Uruguay’s El Pais features images from the lunar surface and of President Richard Nixon calling Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin.

This Michigan newspaper pairs coverage of the historic moon landing by U.S. astronauts with the landing of an unmanned Russian probe also on the moon's surface.