"What fascinated me about Neil Armstrong is that he is kind of a mystery," 'First Man' director Damien Chazelle tells PEOPLE. "It was a dream to have Ryan in this role." Ryan Gosling is heading ...

But Neil Armstrong had something going for him. He was famous, as was the whole Apollo 11 crew. People really wanted their autographs. "These astronauts had been signing autographs since the day ...

Neil Armstrong was a leader that new how to not only talk about the future, but make it happen. He was a role model for all leaders, and we need that kind of leadership - including NASA - today if ...

This July 20, 1969, NASA photo taken by Neil A. Armstrong shows Buzz Aldrin posing beside the U.S. flag the astronauts planted on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission. (NEIL A. ARMSTRONG/AP ...

Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is dead at the age of 82. ... And the more I got to know him, the more I kind of cherished that about him.

Neil Armstrong had plenty on his mind — on the afternoon of July 20, 1969 — as he guided the Apollo 11 lunar module, known as “the Eagle,” over the barren, crater-pocked surface of the ...

Author interview. Neil Armstrong was the rarest kind of American hero, one who had no interest in fame. The first man to walk on the moon saw himself as “a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy ...

Neil Armstrong was eager to blend into small town life after becoming the first man to walk on the moon, but he knew when to use his fame for the greater good.

Armstrong, who died in 2012, had his share of adventures in flight, even before Apollo. A naval aviator during the Korean War, he flew combat missions off an aircraft carrier, and once was shot down.

This story originally aired on Nov. 6, 2005. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped out of an odd-looking spaceship and into the pages of history as the first man on the moon.

In June, 2001, I took Neil Armstrong and his wife, Carol, to the National Zoo. I love pandas. As it turned out, Neil Armstrong did, too. The visit happened after my neighbor Joe Allen, another ...