Neil Armstrong's journey from naval aviator to test pilot paved the way for his historic Apollo 11 mission and the first ...

The U.S. Navy named the first of a new class of research vessels after the first man to walk on the moon, astronaut Neil Armstrong, during a ceremony Saturday at the Port of Anacortes Transit Shed ...

Neil Armstrong NASA Bio. Learn More In 1947, Armstrong enrolled at Purdue under the Holloway Plan, which covered college tuition for applicants who would attend the first two years of college, then ...

Before he made history on the moon, Neil Armstrong was famous among military aviators for his bold test flights and his ‘steel trap of a mind.’ Taylor Dinerman talks to Buzz Aldrin about his ...

The Navy recently christened the first of a new class of oceanographic research ships and named it for famed Ohio astronaut and former naval aviator Neil Armstrong.

Neil Armstrong Dies. The first man to walk on the moon passes away at age 82. ... Two weeks after his 20th birthday in 1950, he was a fully qualified naval aviator. From there, ...

The late astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to set foot on the moon, will be buried at sea, NASA has confirmed. Armstrong, who died Aug. 25 at age 82, was remembered during a private family ...

Armstrong also served as a naval aviator flying nearly 80 combat missions during the Korean War. "Neil Armstrong rightly belongs to the ages as the man who first walked on the moon.

The U.S. Navy's first such ship, currently under construction, will be named the R/V Neil Armstrong in honor of the astronaut and Navy aviator who passed away last month. U.S. Navy Sept. 25, 2012 ...

An Ohioan who was the first man to set foot on the Moon will be honored on Saturday.The Navy will christen the Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research Neil Armstrong during a ceremony held at the ...

Carol Armstrong, ship's sponsor for the Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) research vessel (R/V) Neil Armstrong (AGOR 27), breaks a bottle across the bow during a christening ceremony ...