"There are places to go beyond belief," he said. Aug. 26, 2012 — -- Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 astronaut who died Saturday at 82, said he did not want to live his life as an icon, remembered ...

The items aren't your usual souvenirs. — -- In the fall of 2012, after Neil Armstrong died that summer, his widow, Carol Armstrong, found a bag full of personal mementos from 1969's Apollo 11 ...

Neil Armstrong’s commemorative gold Omega Speedmaster watch is coming to auction for the first time with a massive $2 million estimate at RR Auction. Omega, which produced the Speedmaster that would ...

Neil Armstrong was famously the first man to walk on the moon. But at home, his three children — Mark, Karen and Rick — just knew him as "Dad." Neil welcomed his kids with Janet Shearon Armstrong, to ...

Update 4/23/25: Neil Armstrong's former Omega, which he received to commemorate the moon landing, is now the most expensive Speedmaster in history. After dozens of online bids that culminated in a ...

WAPAKONETA, Ohio -- As the nation celebrates the 50 year anniversary of the moon landing, one little town in northwest Ohio is celebrating its special connection to the Apollo 11 mission. Tucked away ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WLUK) -- A donation that's connected to the first man on the moon is making a difference for college-bound students in Northeast Wisconsin. On Thursday, Stefan Osdene, a vintage and ...

Taken by Buzz Aldrin, the second person to walk on the moon, the Armstrong photo shows the famed astronaut standing beside the Lunar Module Eagle, which is what took the crew into space on the Apollo ...

A new record has been set for the most paid at auction for an astronaut's timepiece. The 18-karat gold Omega Speedmaster that was presented to Neil Armstrong four months after he became the first ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WISH) — Purdue University, which touts itself as the “Cradle of Astronauts,” on Monday announced the creation of the Neil Armstrong Space Prize, an award aimed at honoring ...

Neil Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969, when he became the first person to walk on the moon. Not long after he returned to Earth from his “one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,” ...

The Ref. BA 145.022 was given to the first man on the moon at a gala dinner in Houston’s Warwick Hotel on November 25, 1969, mere months after Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface.