Few members of the media were at the unexpected arrival site. Military police officer Ron McQueeney was one of the few photographers who documented the occasion

Neil Armstrong might have been the first man on the moon, but it seems that he was also pretty nifty at hiding mementos from his time in space. Following his death in 2012, Armstrong’s wife, Carol, was going through his belongings when she found a bag full of Apollo 11 artefacts hidden inside a wardrobe.

Previously unreleased photos show astronaut Neil Armstrong in the aftermath of a space mission that almost took his life.

Neil Armstrong's inspirational quote highlights the innate human drive to face challenges and explore the unknown, emphasizing the significance of curiosity and ambition in space exploration and beyond.

Apollo 11 touched down on the moon on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. Neil Armstrong took the first step onto the surface roughly six hours later.

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Tonight, NASA intends to launch Artemis II from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending a team of four astronauts to slingshot around the moon on a 10-day journey that will be the farthest humans have ever traveled in space.

Armstrong went on to fly 78 combat missions in Korea. After the war, he served eight years in the Navy Reserve. Armstrong’s military service ended in 1960, almost a decade before he stepped on the moon on July 20, 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission. Armstrong died on August 25, 2012, at the age of 82.