Neil Armstrong is one of the most famous people ... but instead of embracing his celebrity status he retreated from public life. The public knew little about this enigmatic man.

In a biography about Neil written by James Hansen, the momentos Neil took with him to the moon did not include relics for his ...

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 ...

He later became a professor and taught all about his passion for aircraft and flying. Neil Armstrong died on 25 August 2012. Neil Armstrong's footprints will be on the Moon for millions of years ...

The price tag: $670,000 in 2018 dollars. The useful life: about two and a half hours. The clothing in question: the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore when he stepped on the moon 50 years ago next July.

DERMOT O’LEARY: In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first human ... almost losing his life on one of them. Later as an elite test pilot pushing the limits of the rocket-propelled X-15, the fastest ...

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Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins arrived four days later to a place no human being had ever been before. Collins orbited the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin landed on its ...

Neil Armstrong is one of the most famous people ... but instead of embracing his celebrity status he retreated from public life. The public knew little about this enigmatic man.