Purdue University graduate and Apollo 11 flight commander Neil Armstrong became the first person to step foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. It was a truly giant leap for mankind, and a seminal moment ...

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 ...

When Neil Armstrong became the first ... the great times and adventures in flight.” Armstrong would soon have his own adventures. He left Purdue for Navy flight training in 1949, and flew ...

Twenty-three Purdue alumni have become astronauts, including Neil Armstrong – the first person to walk on ... On campus, the only building still standing from the original six buildings is University ...