Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born Aug. 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. In 1947, Armstrong enrolled at Purdue University on a Navy scholarship to pursue a degree in ...

Related: Neil Armstrong: First man on the moon He gave testimony before Congress, commemorated past spaceflights on their anniversaries and spoke to students at Purdue, where he had earned a ...

Plans for another soaring structure — the Purdue Bell Tower — are made. The Neil Armstrong statue is unveiled in front of Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering. It depicts Neil Armstrong as an ...

Neil Armstrong is one of the most illustrious aviators ... Thankfully, he would emerge from the fray unscathed and go on to attend Purdue University, graduating with a degree in aerospace ...