On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped out of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module "Eagle" and became the first human to set foot on the surface of the Moon. On the surface for 21 hours and 36 minutes, ...

The thief who broke into the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta and stole a solid gold replica of the Apollo 11 lunar module probably intends to melt the rare artifact down for the value of ...

Neil Armstrong might have been the first man on the moon, but it seems that he was also pretty nifty at hiding mementos from his time in space. Following his death in 2012, Armstrong’s wife, Carol, ...

The NASA Apollo program marked a defining chapter in human history, with Apollo 11 Moon Landing standing as its greatest achievement. The revolutionary mission launched on July 16, 1969, aboard the ...

As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) gets ready to send the Artemis II crew to the moon, Americans everywhere are feeling nostalgic—and for good reason. It's been over 50 years ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. To prepare him for landing the lunar module, Neil Armstrong practiced on a training vehicle, right here on Earth. It was designed to replicate ...

On July 20, 1969, the world watched, and was transfixed, as American astronaut Neil Armstrong — rendered on television as a ghostly black-and-white figure — descended from the Lunar Module onto the ...

This “Neil Armstrong Wapakoneta, Ohio” button from The Armstrong Family Collection is being auctioned. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta and was a graduate of the city’s Blume High School. Later, he ...

Click to open image viewer. This pewter lunar module model is part of a display set of five Apollo 11 commemorative items given by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to Apollo 11 ...