Today’s anniversary of the liftoff of Apollo 11 back on July 16, 1969, seems like an appropriate occasion to ponder the ...

Lowell Observatory Historian Kevin Schindler runs a detective story at the Grand Canyon to recreate a famous photo of Neil Armstrong.

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Neil Armstrong's kids still remember the day he walked on the moon Neil Armstrong was famously the first man to walk on the moon. But at home, his three children — Mark, Karen and Rick — just ...

Turner was Neil Armstrong's fifth principal over the last 10 years, leading some parents and other community members to question what's behind the position's high turnover rate. He was hired as ...

In 1992, Huntsville, Ala., wasn't listed on the national map in the Rand McNally Road Atlas. Here's how a local residents helped change that.

Biographical / Historical Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun (1912--1977) was a pioneer in rocketry. Educated in Berlin, he assisted Hermann Oberth, another German rocket pioneer, before ...

The city of Rimini is known for its famous son, Federico Fellini, the genius director behind the likes of La Dolce Vita and Nights of Cabiria, but it’s now home to the Italian Global Series ...

This Von Braun Award was presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride in 1995 by the Huntsville Chapter of the National Space Club. The award, now known as the Dr. Wernher von Braun Space Flight Trophy, is given ...

Astronaut Neil Armstrong — the first person to walk on the moon — was also said to be a patron while he was a student at nearby Purdue University in the 1950s.

Isaacman's recent comments came June 21 after he received the National Space Society’s Wernher von Braun Award for Polaris Dawn, the private astronaut mission he commanded in September 2024 ...