This section shows a gallery of newspapers which were published during the eight days of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Mission. They are from several states and different parts of the world.
Here is the Daily News newspaper, published in New York City on July 21, 1969. The newspaper's front headlines are, "MEN WALK ON THE MOON." The bottom lines leave a lasting mark which state, "The first human beings on the surface of another sphere-the moon-raise the American flag in truimph. (Image courtesy of Getty Images)
Other papers across the globe printed dramatic headlines, declaring "The New World" or "The Moon Vanquished." The moon-landing headlines are shown on various newspapers, including the International Herald Tribune, l'Humanité, and Le Figaro. (Image courtesy of Getty Images)
The Las Vegas Sun published some word-for-word dialogue between Aldrin and Armstrong, including Aldrin's now-famous description: "magnificent desolation." (Image courtesy of the Las Vegus Sun Archives)
The morning edition of the The Sydney Morning Herald went to press before Armstrong stepped out of the lunar lander and onto the lunar surface. It covered the landing, as well as the astronauts' sleep habits and meals. (Image courtesy of The Sydney Morning Herald)
The Eugene Register-Guard from Oregon offered a more critical angle. "Are we on the moon at this moment for the wrong reason?" William Wasmann, the paper's managing editor, wrote. He said "man's inhumanity to man" would not be solved by exploring space, but that it could demonstrate "the nobility man is capable of." An editorial in the Eugene Register-Guard discussed the potential for territorial scrambles in space. (Image courtest of Eugene Register Guard)
Soviet newspaper Izvestia put stories about communism in Poland and the Soviet Luna 15 spacecraft above the fold, with a mention of the moon landing at the bottom of the front page (where the arrow is pointing). Men read the July 21, 1969 edition of the Soviet newspaper Izvestia. (Image coutesy of Getty Images)
Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) Record stopped publishing in 1972, according to the Library of Congress. This edition includes a hand-written “microfilm” note. (Image courtesy of Chronicling in America)
For the astronauts' hometowns, their safe return was just as exciting as the moon landing. The Wapakoneta Daily News in Ohio celebrated Armstrong's homecoming and announced a party to be held there when he visited the area in September. The front page of the Wapakoneta Daily News, dated September 6, 1969. (Image courtesy of Associated Press)
The Saigon Post, an English-language newspaper published during the Vietnam War, reported the story for Americans stationed in South Vietnam. Michael Chivaris, Andrew Hutchins, John Whalin, and Lloyd Newton read a newspaper article about the Apollo 11 moon landing, in downtown Saigon, Vietnam. (Image courtesy of Associated Press)
The (North Dakota) Bismarck Tribune with the only paper that put Mary Jo Kopechne, who died in a car accident with Ted Kennedy, above the moon landing news. Did they not care that much about the moon landing? (Image courtesy of the Bismark Tribune)