Apollo crews trained at Nevada Test Site before moon landing
 
Apollo crews trained at Nevada Test Site before moon landing

Before Neil Armstrong made his historic step onto the lunar surface, he and his fellow Apollo 11 crew members had spent three days training and exploring the man-made craters at the Nevada Test Site north of Las Vegas. The crews of Apollo 14, 15, 16 and 17 also trained at the site. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Apollo 11 engineer recalls lunar landing
 
Apollo 11 engineer recalls lunar landing

50 years ago William Corney was an engineer on the Apollo 11 mission at a tracking station in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal)