Astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11 and the first person to walk on the moon, died Saturday. He was 82. In this file photo, Armstrong is shown inside the Lunar Module as it rests on the ...

On this day in 1969, NASA formally announced the prime crew selected to carry out the Apollo 11 mission, a decision that would soon mark one of the most defining moments in human history.

(WHTM) — After the first successful manned landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969, the first walk on the Moon, and the first manned departure from the Moon, Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” ...

As space exploration has become more common and the number of astronauts has risen past 300, many names have faded into the background. But some will forever be associated with the golden age of space ...

(WHNT) – On July 20, 1969, three astronauts landed among the stars in the great unknown. Very unknown. Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on the moon and a Purdue University aeronautical engineering alumnus died Saturday (Aug. 25). "Neil Armstrong is likely the most ...

The only visual record of the historic Apollo 11 landing is from a 16mm time-lapse (6 frames per second) movie camera mounted in Buzz Aldrin’s window (right side of Lunar Module Eagle or LM). Due to ...

Neil Armstrong, who took a giant leap for mankind when he became the first person to walk on the moon, died at age 82, his family said on Saturday. The family said in a statement online that Armstrong ...