Cosmic Vertigo

Their humanity-defining mission accomplished, it's almost time to come home.

They've done their experiments, jumped for the camera and planted the flag. The walk is nearly over.

Six hours of patience and preparation, and Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong are ready to open the hatch.

After their dramatic landing, the astronauts' scheduled rest was never going to happen.

This is it. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong begin their descent to the lunar surface. But all does not go to plan...

As the Apollo 11 crew finalise their lunar orbit, they drift around to the far side of the moon - and out of radio contact...

So far on their journey to the moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts haven't been inside the Lunar Module - that's about to change...

As they continued their trip to the moon, the Apollo 11 astronauts had to figure out how to live in space

Exactly 50 years ago, the three Apollo 11 astronauts were on their way to the moon - and they shared their view with those watching closely back on Earth.

50 years after the Apollo 11 mission successfully landed humans on the moon, hear about the journey's crucial moments - and the near misses.