Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan are Purdue graduates who flew on Apollo 11 and 17, respectively. Mark Easley, who graduated with a degree in computer science in 1978, commissione ...
Neil Armstrong is perhaps best known for saying 12 words on July 20, 1969: "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap ...
The historic touchdown of Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin on the Moon came just after 9pm GMT on July 20, 1969 with the “landing so perfect” that the first steps onto the lunar surface came ...