Built from spare parts and experimental ideas, Bell’s X-14 became the unlikely jet that helped astronauts practice the ...

When Jimmy Cliff and Tim Armstrong teamed up, it continued a decades-long relationship between reggae and punk rock ...

Neil Jackson grew up in England. At 16, he joined the National Youth Theatre. Neil studied drama at Harlington Upper School , earning his GCSEs . In Wales, Jackson began competitive boxing at a very ...

In 1985, Neil Armstrong and Sir Edmund Hillary flew together to the geographic North Pole. Forty years later, the sons of the great two explorers duplicated the feat, but by ship this time. ByJim ...

Neil Armstrong, born August 5, 1930, served as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, accumulating 78 Korean War missions. Following his naval service, he obtained a bachelor's degree in aeronautical ...

Photo: NASA (outer image)/ University of Cincinnati (inner image) edited by autoevolution) How would you react if called upon to do something no human has done before and make it out alive? Can anyone ...

A new international award named for the first person to step foot on the moon will honor excellence in "space discovery" as established by the school known as "the cradle of astronauts." The "Neil ...

Had his pilot’s license before he had a driver’s license. He earned a Navy scholarship to Purdue. His studies were interrupted when he was called to active duty just before the beginning of the Korean ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University announced the creation of a new award dedicated to one of the most famous American astronauts and one of their most famous alumni. The Neil Armstrong Space ...

Purdue University announced the creation of a new prize honoring excellence in space discovery, innovation and human achievement on July 20, the 56th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission landing on ...