On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent a total of two hours and 31 minutes on the lunar surface. Their time and actions on the moon were largely scripted according to the mission ...

Neil Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, by becoming the first man on the moon, but he didn't brag about his experiences on Apollo 11. Facts surrounding the historic mission are more well ...

Neil Armstrong (commander), Buzz Aldrin (lunar module pilot) and Michael Collins (command module pilot) were the crew. The Apollo 11 spacecraft consisted of the command module, Columbia, and the ...

Take a journey through the university’s history, tracing the milestone events along a timeline that resulted in Purdue becoming known as the Cradle of Astronauts. ... This final test run sets the ...

You can get a rough idea by reading "Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight." ... Barbree recounts how NASA kept journalists in the dark about the intended timeline for the Apollo 11 moonwalk.

The detailed manual used by US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to land on the moon in 1969 is going up for auction in July and could fetch up to $9 million, New York auctioneers Christie&… ...

When Neil Armstrong died Aug. 25, 2012, at Mercy Health Fairfield Hospital, his family simply attributed the cause to complications from coronary bypass surgery. A month later, the first man on ...

Timeline for a manned mission to Mars. ... July 20, 1969 — Astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong land on the moon. July 20, 1976 — Viking 1 makes first successful robotic landing on Mars.

Photos: Neil Armstrong Jan. 27, 1967 U.S. astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chafee, who were to be the Apollo I crew, die when a fire breaks out during a test of their command module.

Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, with three astronauts on board - Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin.

The Savoy Hotel in London created the cocktail Neil Armstrong had when he first arrived back on Earth from the moon 50 years ago. Here's the recipe.