Neil got his pilot’s licence when he was just 16, before he could even drive a car. Before he became an astronaut, Neil flew fighter planes for the navy and later tested rocket-powered planes.

We have legendary figures to look back on who have braved it, but is there any astronaut’s name more famous than Neil ...

On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in the Lunar Module Eagle and became the first humans to step foot on the lunar surface while astronaut Michael Collins orbited above ...

Fifty years on, the Apollo Moon programme is probably still humankind's single greatest technological achievement. On 16 July 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were ...

The following story appeared in The Journal Gazette: “Space Hero Acclaimed Back Home” by Sandy Thorn (April 14, 1966) WAPAKONETA, Ohio – Astronaut Neil Armstrong returned home Wednesday ...

In 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon's surface—a momentous engineering and science feat marked by his iconic words, "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap ...