Purdue University graduate and Apollo 11 flight commander Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. It was a truly giant leap for mankind, and a seminal moment ...

The 'forgotten astronaut' of the 1969 moon landing shared the bizarre way they were treated upon returning to Earth following ...

Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space. As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first crewed lunar landing mission, ...

Strange as it may sound, where the astronauts sat (or "sat" – the crew actually stood) in the Apollo Lunar Module may have ...

Assassinated in 1963, he’ll never know if America made it. Introducing the Apollo 11 Crew: Neil Armstrong (commander), Buzz Aldrin (lunar module pilot), and Michael Collins (command module pilot).

The WMF's concern isn't just about physical preservation but also about maintaining the historical and cultural value these ...

McDivitt was also the commander of 1965’s Gemini 4 mission ... s program manager for five Apollo missions after the Apollo 11 moon landing. McDivitt died Thursday in Tucson, Arizona, NASA ...