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 ...

Shepard, the first American in space back in 1961, was the oldest person to walk on the Moon. Recalling the breathtaking view from space he says, "That jewel of blue and white and brown was just ...

While the space race of the 1960s was a contest between two rival superpowers, today it is being fought by private space ...

On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. These programmes and clips tell the story of the Apollo Moon missions, how they got off the ground and why the missions ...

That’s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind ... On the 20 July 1969, he became the first person to walk on the Moon. When Neil returned, he retired from being an astronaut ...

The next step would be a manned mission around the moon. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov was the first man to walk in space. In 1967 he was recruited to train for his nation's lunar program. He recalled ...

The first man-made satellite passes overhead ... July 20: Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon. They then rendezvous with Michael Collins in the ...

The 10-day mission — much like the first uncrewed Artemis I mission successfully completed in December — is paving the way for future long-term human exploration missions to the Moon ...

Blue Ghost became the first completely successful landing ... Eugene Cernan, the commander of Apollo 17 who in 1972 was the last man to walk on the moon, sketched observations of a glow along ...