Articles

Revealed: The Awesome Explanation for the Moon’s Extra Gravity
Hint: it involves lemon meringue pie!

Want a Little Piece of Astronaut Neil Armstrong’s Heart?
How nervous was Neil Armstrong when he first stepped onto the moon?
Neil Armstrong
I once watched Neil Armstrong sign his name, and it appeared to be one of the hardest things he'd ever done. It was in March 2010, and he, Gene Cernan and Jim...

WATCH: Astronaut Ron Garan and TIME Editor Jeff Kluger Discuss Social Media and Spaceflight
Today at 1 p.m. Eastern time (noon central), TIME senior editor and space expert Jeff Kluger will sit down with NASA astronaut Ron Garan to discuss how Twitter...

Remembering Neil Armstrong, A Man of Profound Skill and Preternatural Calm
I once watched Neil Armstrong sign his name, and it appeared to be one of the hardest things he’d ever done. Not because he was infirm—though in 2010 he was...
Photo Essays

The Space Sorority: Fifty years of Women in Orbit
The first man on the moon was a character in popular culture decades—even centuries, perhaps—before Neil Armstrong actually filled the role. The assumption was...

Neil Armstrong: Private Man, Public Hero
Neil Armstrong, who died on Saturday, August 25, at 82 years old, was one of those rare, genuine heroes whose legend grew larger with passing years not because...


