On July 20, 1969, awestruck viewers around the world watched on television as Ohioan Neil Armstrong become the first person to walk on the moon. Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, and spent his ...

On July 20th, 1969, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong of Wapakoneta, Ohio, became the first person to walk on the moon. The day is now commemorated as National Moon Day or National Space Exploration ...

DALLAS — In the summer of 1969, Rick Armstrong was 12 and whacking the baseball in the Houston-area Little League. He was selected to play in the all-star game — but he had to skip it, because he was ...

When Miami Valley native Neil Armstrong walked on the moon on July 20, 1969, it inspired an entire generation. Mark Brown of Beavercreek was one of the countless people who remembers watching the ...

WAPAKONETA, Ohio – The Ohio hometown of the first man to walk on the moon has begun a months-long celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's achievement. The Wapakoneta native ...

1 of 9 — Armstrong in the lunar module after the historic moonwalk. 2 of 9 — Commander Neil Armstrong (right) and pilot David R. Scott prepare to board the Gemini-Titan VIII. Gemini VIII successfully ...

(AP) - Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step on to the moon. The modest ...

When NASA’s Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped on the moon in 1969 as the first humans, the length and extent of their extravehicular venture were mostly dictated by the ...

(AP) Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is recovering from heart surgery days after his 82nd birthday. A NASA spokesman talked to Armstrong’s wife, Carol, and said the former astronaut ...

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday, weeks after having heart surgery, NBC News confirmed. He was 82. Armstrong was commander of the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on ...