Neil Armstrong and Sir Edmund Hillary, along with Steve Fossett and Patrick Morrow, flew to the North Pole in 1985. They faced little trouble on their journey and uncorked frozen champagne at the pole. The North Pole has a magnetic and fixed point, and the South Pole is colder. The best way to view the […]
Karen Armstrong is a former nun who has published books on religion and her personal experiences with the church since the early 1980s. She has published books on Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, and Judaism, and is credited with bringing books of religious studies to the common reader. Armstrong has also worked as a journalist and has […]
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. He was an astronaut who had previously flown on the Gemini program. Armstrong was born in 1930 and became an Eagle Scout before studying aeronautical engineering at Purdue University. He served in the Navy during the Korean […]
Neil Armstrong obtained his pilot’s license before his driver’s license at 16. He was an accomplished aviator, served in the Korean War, and flew more than 200 types of aircraft. He was the first man to set foot on the moon and piloted the Gemini mission. Armstrong received honors from 17 countries and became a […]
