On July 20, 1969, awestruck viewers around the world watched on television as Ohioan Neil Armstrong become the first person to walk on the moon. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, and spent his ...

NEW YORK – Sixty years after Neil Armstrong barely survived an emergency in orbit around Earth on Gemini 8, never-before-seen photos of his heroic return have been donated to the Ohio museum that ...

Neil Armstrong's kids still remember the day he walked on the moon Neil Armstrong was famously the first man to walk on the moon. But at home, his three children — Mark, Karen and Rick — just knew him ...

Neil Armstrong’s commemorative gold Omega Speedmaster watch is coming to auction for the first time with a massive $2 million estimate at RR Auction. Omega, which produced the Speedmaster that would ...

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 Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta showcases the lunar legacy of Neil Armstrong and spotlights America’s ...

When John Kennedy announced the United States’ ambition to reach the Moon, the wheels began turning in every possible direction. In early 1964 the first group of astronauts were hard at work training ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Neil Armstrong is arguably the most famous of NASA's legendary astronauts after taking "one giant leap for mankind" on July 20, 1969. It's ...

This 1966 image taken by Ron McQueeney shows the Gemini 8 spacecraft being lifted for transport at Naha Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. (Ron McQueeney/Ohio History Connection via AP)(AP/Ron McQueeney) NEW ...

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.