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Purdue University is looking to find the next Neil Armstrong, or Buzz Aldrin with the annual Space Day program on campus.

The Missouri River . Neil Armstrong and the moon. They are all topics that will be covered in a series of conversations at BSC this school year.

Humankind is unique in that, to my knowledge, we're the only creatures to display sentimentality.

Being born in 1966 means that many wonderful, strange and even sad memories are locked away in the confines and cortex of my brain.

Forty years after man landed on the moon, NASA plans to retire the Space Shuttle in 2010.

Ed von Renouard working at Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station in Australia was the first person to see images from the Apollo 11 moonwalk.

Ed von Renouard working at Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station in Australia was the first person to see images from the Apollo 11 moonwalk.

The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Venus and Mars.

Ed von Renouard working at Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station in Australia was the first person to see images from the Apollo 11 moonwalk.

HEAVEN'S above! Everyone's talking about it as we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's giant leap for mankind and witness the longest solar eclipse in the 21st century.

Published: Monday, August 3, 2009 at 6:26 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, August 3, 2009 at 6:32 p.m. SECOND IN A SERIES Bob Carlton was one of 12 men who with one word - "abort" - could have changed history by stopping the Apollo 11 moon landing on July 20, 1969.

Bill Carpentier was a big part of perhaps historya s greatest accomplishment, the Apollo 11 mission that sent Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins to the moon.

Before video cassette recorders and digital video recorders, capturing images off a TV screen was tricky.

Forty years ago this week, Americans were glued to their television sets, watching the first men walk on the moon.

This July 20th marks the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's infamous moonwalk.

Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins were the team on Apollo 11 that were the first to physically land on the moon.A This occurred on July 20th, 1969.A Many reading thiswere not even born yet.A For those that never got into the "Space Thing".this was strictly a JFK Program in response to the first manned circumnavigation of the planet by ...

Very successful." Neil Armstrong was the commander of Apollo 11. Fellow astronauts say he was the right person to take the first step on the Moon, the proper representation of NASA and America.

To those who heard them live they are among the most unforgettable words uttered anywhere on - or off - the earth.

As America marks the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, a new book has captured the history and drama of the mission which included man's first landing on the moon.

The world was fascinated by the mission that carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, above, to the Moon.