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 ...
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 ...
Most important in that transition was the Apollo 11 mission, the first crewed moon landing, accomplished by astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Mike Collins between July 16 and July 24, 1969.