When, in July 1969, Neil Armstrong, who has died aged 82, made his celebrated "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" by becoming the first human being to walk on the moon, he was indeed ...

Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon, but you probably knew that already.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Mission commander Neil Armstrong was the flying ace, Buzz Aldrin the scholar. Michael Collins was a crack test pilot, too, but also a wordsmith who described the trio as ...

The NASA Apollo program marked a defining chapter in human history, with Apollo 11 Moon Landing standing as its greatest achievement. The revolutionary mission launched on July 16, 1969, aboard the ...

On July 18, 1969, 39 years ago, the three astronauts aboard the NASA Apollo 11 spacecraft were winging their way to the Moon for humankind's first manned landing on an extraterrestrial body. Their ...

Following the death of Neil Armstrong in 2012, his wife discovered a hidden stash of moon-landing artefacts in their bedroom closet in 2014. This collection is commonly known as the ‘McDivitt Purse.’ ...

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Neil Armstrong might have been the first man on the moon, but it seems that he was also pretty nifty at hiding mementos from his time in space. Following his death in 2012, Armstrong’s wife, Carol, ...

Apollo 11 Command Module “Columbia,” 1969 On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Earth’s moon. On July […] ...