Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born Aug. 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. In 1947, Armstrong enrolled at Purdue University on a Navy scholarship to pursue a degree in ...

wp:paragraph --> According to Armstrong biographer James R. Hansen — author of First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong ... he didn’t read Tolkien’s books until after the Apollo 11 mission.

Neil Armstrong is one of the most famous ... He was smiley and friendly. He was the first man to have set foot on the Moon yet he was gracious, putting me at my ease and answering my questions ...

A fascinating letter by Neil Armstrong revealing how he ... of Boston, US. Armstrong became the first man on the moon, on July 24, 1969, with fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin joining him about 20 ...

And of course, Gemini 8 also launched the space career of Neil Armstrong — not only the first man to walk on the Moon, but the man whose steely nerves made that Moon walk possible. (Come back ...

DERMOT O’LEARY: In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first human being ... as Armstrong stepped onto the Moon’s surface and spoke the words, ‘One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind’.

but is there any astronaut’s name more famous than Neil Armstrong‘s? The Ohio-born inspiration became the first man to ever ...