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 ...

No one has been back to the moon for over 50 years, but the reasons why are multifaceted and not obvious at first glance.

Neil Armstrong's Omega Speedmaster Professional 'Tribute to Astronauts,' which he was given after the first successful ...

On that historic day, astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the lunar surface. Just a few years later, as the Apollo program came to an end, the first whispers of what became ...

ARCHIVE AUDIO: It’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind ... “giant leap for mankind” to become the first person to walk on the Moon. Aged 21, Armstrong was a fighter pilot ...

Under the new administration, the agency is moving away from promoting its efforts to diversify its Artemis crew.

NASA appears to be walking back its pledge to land the first woman and person of color on the moon as part of the Trump administration’s push to eliminate diversity initiatives from federal agencies.

The crew of Artemis III will not only reflect the diversity of America but will also be as qualified to walk on the moon as ...

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 ...

NASA websites no longer state that the Artemis 3 lunar mission will aim to land the first person of color and the first woman on the moon — a longstanding goal of the Artemis program that the agency ...

A virtual army of 400,000 people worked to make John F. Kennedy’s challenge to land a man on the moon in 1969 a reality. They flocked to the Apollo program for many reasons. Some relished the ...