We have legendary figures to look back on who have braved it, but is there any astronaut’s name more famous than Neil ...

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 ...

This extremely delicate maneuver would be performed by mission commander Neil Armstrong, who — like ... for the 50th anniversary of Gemini 9: The Birth of the Jet Pack.) ...

Neil Armstrong fell in love with flying when he ... and then was chosen to train as an astronaut. Matthew Henson was born much earlier. His parents died when he was young, and he had to work ...

Neil Armstrong visited Langholm a few years after ... accident" the event had ended up in Dumfries Armstrong - who was born and raised in the United States - became one of the most famous men ...

Of the intrepid crew, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have tended to dominate public attention, but it was pilot Michael… WATCH: Pence takes part in unveiling of Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 ...

All three were born in 1930. Aldrin and Collins are still alive, but Armstrong died in 2012 at the age of 82. Relive the tense 13 minutes before the landing, as Neil Armstrong manually pilots the ...