Neil Armstrong had piloted 200 different types of aircraft. Military service also gave him a strong sense of leadership and teamwork, which would be indispensable as a test pilot. The Navy also ...

The capsule landed on the Sea of Tranquillity, carrying mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin. Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the lunar surface while Michael Collins remained in ...

Strange as it may sound, where the astronauts sat (or "sat" – the crew actually stood) in the Apollo Lunar Module may have ...

Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon ... Over the next 17 years, he served as an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NACA and its successor agency, the National ...

Neil Armstrong fell in love with flying when his ... As a boy, he loved to read about flying and built model planes. Neil got his pilot’s licence when he was just 16, before he could even ...

DERMOT O’LEARY: In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first human being to set foot on the Moon and in doing so completely changed our view of the world. 18 years earlier, as a 21-year-old fighter ...

Before Neil Armstrong took his small step onto the moon, an unexpected turn of events sent the mission off-course. Armstrong was the Apollo 11 mission commander and pilot of the lunar module ...

In space, they’re the key to survival. Whether helping astronauts enter Earth orbit, walk on the moon, pilot a space shuttle, or travel to Mars, space suits must serve several vital functions ...

Just days later, lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin would be following mission commander Neil Armstrong onto the moon's surface to deploy a UMD-led experiment. The suitcase-size array of ...

Of the intrepid crew, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have tended to dominate public attention, but it was pilot Michael… WATCH: Pence takes part in unveiling of Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 ...