On Aug. 2, 1971, a lunar liftoff was televised for the first time. Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin spent three days on the moon before departing in the lunar module, named "Falcon." ...

On November 17, 1967, NASA's Surveyor 6 spacecraft made the first liftoff from the lunar surface. Surveyor 6 was one of several robotic missions NASA sent to scout the lunar surface before sending ...