Processes of radiometric dating were then undertaken, which proved that the beads were over 120 million years old, as ...

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 ...

It's nearly 50 years since the US became the first country to land men on the Moon. The Apollo 11 mission was a huge moment in US and world history, but what exactly happened and why does it matter?

We're getting closer. In February, a US lunar lander touched down on the moon's surface for the first time since Apollo 17.

An engineer has been recognised with a blue plaque for his role in helping to put mankind on the Moon. Tom Bacon, a Cambridge ...

Everyone knows the name of the first man on the moon, but what about the last? Eugene Cernan left the final bootprint that may ever appear on the surface of our dusty satellite. Yet Cernan has ...

He's a man with an extraordinary story of how, way back in 1909, he got to the Moon first, and, together with the eccentric Professor Cavor, discovered a terrifying secret deep beneath its ...

However, the US lunar program is delayed, in part because the spacesuits and lunar-landing vehicle are not ready. Meanwhile, ...