Purdue University has established the international award to recognize "space discovery, innovation and human achievement." ...

New international award to honor excellence and innovation in scientific achievement, economic opportunity and global ...

The announcement — on the anniversary of Apollo 11's landing on the moon — included eight astronauts educated at Purdue.

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 Prize is described as ...

Purdue announced a new international award in the field of space exploration and scientific advancement, named after ...

Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, was a private person. Therefore, when he spoke, it commanded attention. Here he ...

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 ...

Having launched on July 16, 1969, and landed on the Moon on July 20, the Apollo 11 astronauts returned home and splashed down ...

On July 20, 1969 (July 21 in India), two of their men from the Apollo 11 mission didn't just land on the moon, they walked on ...

Armstrong’s career included several near-disasters—most notably the Gemini 8 emergency that sent his spacecraft into an ...