This Magnificent Desolation

Americans bid farewell today to Neil Armstrong, the first man to take a giant leap on to the moon.

Neil Armstrong made “one giant leap for mankind” with a small step onto the moon.

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82, his family said.

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is recovering from heart surgery, days after his 82nd birthday.

A CERTAIN Belgian boy reporter named Tintin was the first to reach the moon, the Vatican newspaper joked yesterday, as the world marked 40 years since the Apollo 11 lunar landing.

THE astronauts who first landed on the moon aren’t dwelling on their small lunar steps. Instead, two of them urged mankind to take a giant leap to Mars.

Two of the astronauts who 40 years ago today first landed on the moon have urged mankind to take a giant leap to Mars.

Newly restored footage of the first moon walk was released today to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing.

SPACE pioneer Buzz Aldrin said yesterday that the world should press on with establishing a human settlement on Mars.

Veteran astronaut Buzz Aldrin has launched an unlikely bid to conquer the hip hop world – with a little help from Snoop Dog.

“WE choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not only because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

“WE choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not only because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

Beverly Hills police are investigating a complaint that retired astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin punched a man in the face after being asked to swear on a Bible that he had been to the moon.