At the start of a talk at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Houston in March, Harrison Schmitt, one of the two astronauts who walked on the moon during Apollo 17, the last lunar mission, ...

1 of 9 — Armstrong in the lunar module after the historic moonwalk. 2 of 9 — Commander Neil Armstrong (right) and pilot David R. Scott prepare to board the Gemini-Titan VIII. Gemini VIII successfully ...

"There are places to go beyond belief," he said. Aug. 26, 2012 — -- Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 astronaut who died Saturday at 82, said he did not want to live his life as an icon, remembered ...

Letters selected from Purdue University Archives and Special Collections' larger Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives, established in 2011 "In the years between the historic first moon ...

(AP) - Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step on to the moon. The modest ...

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday, weeks after having heart surgery, NBC News confirmed. He was 82. Armstrong was commander of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on ...