About an hour after the launch of Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969, Stephen and Viola Armstrong emerged from their Wapakoneta, Ohio, home to address members of the news media gathered on their lawn. “I was ...

Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 Astronaut and first person to walk on the surface of the Moon, recently gave an extended interview in which he discusses his role and opinions on the space program. This ...

On July 20th, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong of Wapakoneta, Ohio, became the first person to walk on the moon. The day is now commemorated as National Moon Day or National Space Exploration ...

The History Channel will devote Tuesday's programming to Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong -- who died Saturday at the age of 82 -- the network just announced. Here's the lineup, with program notes ...

Wapakoneta – Millenia after our politicians and movie stars and sports heroes and maybe even Taylor Swift are long forgotten, one name will undoubtedly still appear in the history books from here to ...

CINCINNATI (AP) — Neil Armstrong was a soft-spoken engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon. The modest man, ...

In July 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made history with their Apollo 11 mission by becoming the first humans to walk on the moon. Now, a previously unknown still photograph ...

The Ref. BA 145.022 was given to the first man on the moon at a gala dinner in Houston’s Warwick Hotel on November 25, 1969, mere months after Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface.

A Watch That Works as Well on Earth as It Did in Space Omega’s Speedmaster, worn by Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong on their 1969 journey to the moon, gets an update. By Lindsay Talbot NASA’s chief, ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Astronaut Neil Armstrong may not have been speaking entirely off the cuff when he delivered the most iconic quote in the history of manned space flight. Armstrong ...