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 ...

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 ...

The piece of fabric smaller than a passport photo was cut from cloth that astronaut Neil Armstrong brought with him when he became the first person to set foot on the moon in 1969. It was ...

On July 20th, 1969, humans first set foot on the moon. On this 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, we celebrate the giant leap that Neil Armstrong helped to make with his one small step. Do you ...

Even if the flags have remained standing when crews rocketed off the moon, it is almost certain that they are not in the same condition as when they were first deployed on the lunar surface.