First man on the moon

Happy International Day of Human Space Flight! Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the Moon. He did that on July 20, 1969, five months before Kennedy’s deadline. Check out our Moon Unit for the full story!

JONATHAN MAYO: After completing their experiments on the moon Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin got back inside the Eagle. To Aldrin's horror he sees a circuit breaker switch that has broken off.

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was my schooldays hero. I remember that I had pasted many of his photographs in my notebook, which were published in newspapers and magazines. As a collector of postal stamps, I always searched for stamps portraying this great astronaut, as well as stamps related to Apollo 11 Mission. I also remember

Neil Armstrong

As technology and science advances, materials change, but there is one material that was created long ago and is now in the middle of a very much needed revolution — plastic. Plastic is being taken into the new century keeping the good aspects of itself and leaving the bad behind. It’s an ongoing process, but […]

When Neil Armstrong put his boot on the moon in 1969, he became the first human to set foot on another world. He was one of only 12 men to walk on the moon.

Indulge your curiosity and have a little fun with these stories about the weird and the wonderful. With articles on aliens, cats, cartoons, and hoaxes, this collection is guaranteed boredom-basher.

One thousand years from now, America’s Apollo-era astronauts will still stand alone in history as the greatest and bravest explorers in human history. The level of intelligence, engineering, skill, and courage it took put a man on the moon in 1969 — just a little more than 11 years after the United States sent its first puny satellite in orbit — is unparalleled. It’s now an old saw that NASA pulled of that amazing feat with less computing power and connectivity than it takes to play Words…

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Historians have offered vastly different interpretations of the origins of the Cold War over the past 5 decades. Few historical events have been subject to such an array of revisionist and neo-revisionist accounts. In this lesson, students enter the fray through exploring a variety of documents highlighting various issues and perspectives that led to the Cold War and address the question: Who was primarily responsible for the Cold War, the United States or the Soviet Union? [All files…