August 5th holds a significant place in world history, marked by events that have shaped the political, scientific, and ...

Neil Alden Armstrong was born on Aug. 5, 1930, in Ohio. A naval pilot from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong flew 78 missions in Korea.

However, through it all, Neil Armstrong never publicly alluded to regretting taking that one small step for man, and one ...

Neil Armstrong, the first human being to walk on the moon as commander of the Apollo 11 space flight on July 20, 1969, has died. He spoke the famous words, 'That's one small step for man, one ...

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Purdue University's new Neil Armstrong Space Prize, named for the school's most famous astronaut-alum, will honor ...

Author of Neil Armstrong biography “First Man”: He understood “the place of humankind in the cosmos” James Hansen, author of the biography that spawned the Ryan Gosling film, on what he ...

Armstrong’s career included several near-disasters—most notably the Gemini 8 emergency that sent his spacecraft into an uncontrollable spin. This piece investigates the high-stakes moments that nearly ...

At 10:56 p.m. ET on July 20, 1969, the American astronaut Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the lunar surface and famously declared, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —Purdue University students who dream to follow in Neil Armstrong’s footsteps don’t have to go very far to find inspiration. Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon and a ...

I spent 13 years wooing Neil Armstrong for an interview. The moonwalker finally granted me the request just before he passed in 2012. Here, on the 50-year anniversary of Apollo 11's historic lunar ...

Neil Armstrong’s death in a Cincinnati hospital reportedly resulted in a secretive $6 million wrongful death settlement to the American hero’s family. The astronaut died on Aug. 25, 2012 at ...