Neil Armstrong


Armstrong: Obama has surrendered the space race

In an open letter, astronauts Neil Armstrong, James Lovell and Eugene Cernan attack Obama’s new moon-snubbing plans for NASA: America will no longer be the best at something!

The “other” moon landing speech

What if Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin never made it off the moon? How would the public have been told? Following on from the recent death of President Nixon’s speech writer, William Safire, here is his most eloquent speeches that never was.

Meeting Neil Armstrong

Ben Sandilands recalls the time he interviewed Neil Armstrong — and how the sub-editors left out the best bit.

Video of the Day: Walking on the Moon restored

To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, NASA released partially restored video of a series of 15 memorable moments from the July 20 moonwalk.