During NASA's most famous mission, three men went to the moon, and two men landed on it. But only one stepped out first.
Neil Armstrong 8/5/30-8/25/12 Lessons learned from astronaut, photographer and hero, Neil Armstrong: Enjoy life, take risks, and always find time for a good cigar. "It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small." -Neil Armstrong This iconic image on the moon was taken by Armstrong "There can be no great accomplishment without risk." - Neil Armstrong “I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine...” -Neil Armstrong Thanks for the inspiration Mr. Armstrong.
The command module pilot—the crewmember who didn't walk on the moon—recalls his role 50 years ago as 'the ticket home for Neil and Buzz.'
During NASA's most famous mission, three men went to the moon, and two men landed on it. But only one stepped out first.
Apollo 11 Commander Neil A. Armstrong leads astronauts Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., from the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building to the transfer van for the eight-mile trip to Pad 39A.
Neil Armstrong, who died in 2012, was one of those rare, genuine heroes whose legend grew larger with passing years not because he nurtured the myths that attached to him as the first human to walk on the moon, but because he quietly, resolutely refused to play the role of the publicly lauded Great American. ... Read more
Neil Armstrong Biography (1930–2012) Astronaut, educator and military pilot, Neil Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, by becoming...
40 years ago, three human beings - with the help of many thousands of others - left our planet on a successful journey to our Moon, setting foot on another world for the first time. Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the July 16, 1969 launch of Apollo 11 with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. aboard. The entire trip lasted only 8 days, the time spent on the surface was less than one day, the entire time spent walking on the moon, a mere 2 1/2 hours - but they were surely historic hours. Scientific experiments were deployed (at least one still in use today), samples were collected, and photographs were taken to document the entire journey. Collected here are 40 images from that journey four decades ago, when, in the words of astronaut Buzz Aldrin: "In this one moment, the world came together in peace for all mankind".
The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Steve Jurczyk on the passing of Michael Collins:
Robin Wright writes about taking Neil Armstrong and his wife, Carol, to see the pandas at the Washington National Zoo.
During the heady race for the moon, the city suddenly felt like the center of the universe...
They know isolation first-hand
Picture Story: 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 man who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter million miles away has died. He was 82.
NASA’s early years culminated in the historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969. Steve Fairclough spoke to science author Piers Bizony to discover the role of photography in documenting these pioneering missions
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82, after suffering complications from heart surgery, his family said in a statement.
Neil Armstrong is famous for being the first man on the Moon, and his words “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” But was Armstrong Misquoted?
Neil Armstrong by Louis S. Glanzman - Acrylic and casein on Masonite - 1969. REMASTERED by Dan Beaumont. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution INFO: The Apollo 11 mission in July 1969—NASA’s first attempt to land men on the moon was a unifying moment for America in a decade rife with social discord, racial violence, and antiwar protests. Time covered every facet of the nine-day mission, as noted by one correspondent, with “a deep, visceral understanding that here was history, and perhaps the act that may ultimately guarantee man’s survival.” Looking back, that was perhaps an overstatement, but there was no denying that it was a “once-in-a-lifetime emotion” for many who watched on television as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface for the first time. For this special issue, Time selected one of its favorite artists, Louis Glanzman, who had made twenty-nine covers for the magazine. His painting depicting Armstrong on the moon carrying the American flag and a camera has been one of Time’s most popular covers ever. Neil Armstrong 1930–2012 Louis S. Glanzman (1922–2013) Official website of Louis S. Glanzman: www.louisglanzman.com/ When Man Met Moon By Jeffrey Kluger juil. 18, 2014 Forty-five years after the giant leap for mankind, TIME remembers the July 25, 1969, issue: time.com/2992705/when-man-met-moon/
‘No Dream is Too High’ is a frank collection of Aldrin’s stories and life lessons.
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins remembers looking up a the sky as a child, seeing “the most marvelous things up there” and wanting to know more about them, he told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta. That’s when he knew that he wanted to fly.
Last year, when Buzz Lightyear returned home from space, Disney Parks and NASA launched an online Mission Patch Design Challenge. It was simple -- students had the opportunity to design a mission patch to commemorate Buzz's return and the most
Featuring lesser known images from the mission, along with stories from those involved with the historical program, this special RocketSTEM article looks back at the 45th anniversary of Apollo 11 and humanity's first steps on the Moon.
I spent an afternoon with Neil Armstrong in July 1985, when I was 10 years old. He was my childhood hero. The day I met him was, up to that point, the biggest day of my life. So it has been particularly poignant for me to learn of his death earlier today. Back then I…
With Armstrong goes a long-standing brand of heroism.
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon—and Buzz Aldrin became the first one to pee on it.
