Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon, dies at age 82. He made his famous walk July 20, 1969, during NASA’s Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, saying as he stepped onto the moon: “That is one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
NASA Boss: Race to Moon Has National Security Stakes
Sept. 15, 2026
NASA is pushing hard to get astronauts back to the moon by 2028—and the urgency is driven in no small part by the national security implications of doing so before China does, Administrator Jared Isaacman said Sept. 15.
