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 ...

In 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. The Mission was called Apollo 11.

Only 12 astronauts have walked on the moon. Discover who they are, which Apollo missions took them there, and when humans will return to the lunar surface. When you purchase through links on our ...

On that historic day, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the lunar surface. Just a few years later, as the Apollo program came to an end, the first whispers of what became ...

Shepard, the first American in space back in 1961, was the oldest person to walk on the Moon. Recalling the breathtaking view from space he says, "That jewel of blue and white and brown was just ...

On 18 March 1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to leave a space ... in competition with the US to reach the moon. Leonov’s walk on 18 March 1965 was not without its ...

The next step would be a manned mission around the moon. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first man to walk in space. In 1967 he was recruited to train for his nation's lunar program. He recalled ...

The Biden Administration – after Joe Biden promised he would pick a black woman for the Supreme Court – added the “first person of color” to the Artemis mission (which is named for the Greek goddess ...