Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong's Hilarious Reaction to His Historic Landing on the Moon "NASA mourns the loss of this accomplished pilot and astronaut, a friend of all who seek to push the ...

Purdue University graduate and Apollo 11 flight commander Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. It was a truly giant leap for mankind, and a seminal moment ...

As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first crewed lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface.

Assassinated in 1963, he’ll never know if America made it. Introducing the Apollo 11 Crew: Neil Armstrong (commander), Buzz Aldrin (lunar module pilot), and Michael Collins (command module pilot).

Fifty years ago today, the massive Saturn V rocket for the Apollo 11 mission that would fulfill President Kennedy’s goal of “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth ...

T minus 25 seconds…20 seconds and counting…T minus 15 seconds…guidance is internal…12, 11, 10, 9…ignition sequence starts…6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0…all engines running…lift-off, we have ...

November 11-15, 1966 - Serves as the commander of Gemini 12, with pilot Buzz Aldrin. December 21-27, 1968 - Along with crewmen Borman and William Anders, Lovell serves as command module pilot of ...