"On July 20, 1969, U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong took 'one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.' The success of the Apollo 11 mission satisfied the goal that had been set by President ...

History was made on day 5 of the Apollo 11 mission when the United States became the first country in the world to put a man on the moon. To recognize the achievement, first set as a goal by President ...

Presidential phone calls to astronauts have become routine over the years, but no phone call was more historic than President Richard Nixon’s on July 20, 1969, when he congratulated Neil Armstrong and ...