https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/neil-armstrong/RSS feed for Neil ArmstrongenFri, 19 Jul 2024 16:29:37 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/apollo-astronauts-left-american-flags-boots-and-even-poop-on-the-moon-heres-why-these-artifacts-matter-180984736/Fifty-five years after the first human lunar landing, scholars and experts are looking to preserve the past as more nations and companies undertake moon missionsFri, 19 Jul 2024 16:29:37 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/apollo-astronauts-left-american-flags-boots-and-even-poop-on-the-moon-heres-why-these-artifacts-matter-180984736/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-fly-me-to-the-moon-pokes-fun-at-moon-landing-conspiracy-theories-180984686/The new Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum film presents an alternative history in which government officials prepared to fake the moon landing before NASA pulled off the feat for realFri, 12 Jul 2024 14:57:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-fly-me-to-the-moon-pokes-fun-at-moon-landing-conspiracy-theories-180984686/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/apollo-11-moon-dust-samples-go-up-for-auction-against-nasas-wishes-180979859/Auction house Bonhams is expecting around $1 millionFri, 01 Apr 2022 20:11:55 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/apollo-11-moon-dust-samples-go-up-for-auction-against-nasas-wishes-180979859/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/air-space-museum/2021/04/12/gemini-viiis-near-disaster/Smithsonian curator Michael Neufeld recounts the harrowing details of when Gemini Vlll astronauts faced the first life-threatening, in-flight emergency Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:53:18 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/air-space-museum/2021/04/12/gemini-viiis-near-disaster/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/secretary-lonnie-bunch-invisible-work-conservators-180976242/From deep cleaning to painstaking repairs, caring for Smithsonian’s 155 million objects requires serious TLC—and steady handsWed, 18 Nov 2020 16:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/secretary-lonnie-bunch-invisible-work-conservators-180976242/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-rare-space-photographs-transport-viewers-new-world-180976259/Online Christie's sale features 2,400 photographs from "the golden age of space exploration"Wed, 11 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-rare-space-photographs-transport-viewers-new-world-180976259/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neil-armstrongs-restored-spacesuit-put-back-display-smithsonians-national-air-and-space-museum-180972654/The spacesuit, which Armstrong wore when he walked on the moon during Apollo 11, is available for public viewing and as a 3-D model onlineTue, 16 Jul 2019 14:13:55 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neil-armstrongs-restored-spacesuit-put-back-display-smithsonians-national-air-and-space-museum-180972654/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/smithsonian-curator-reflects-what-first-man-gets-right-getting-neil-armstrong-moon-180970515/The new film lays bare the personal sacrifice and peril that accompanied NASA's historic mission Thu, 11 Oct 2018 20:04:50 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/smithsonian-curator-reflects-what-first-man-gets-right-getting-neil-armstrong-moon-180970515/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/latest-kickstarter-preserve-neil-armstrong-spacesuit-180970316/As a new biopic blasts off, the protective suit worn by the 'First Man' on the moon is readied for its star turnWed, 19 Sep 2018 14:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/latest-kickstarter-preserve-neil-armstrong-spacesuit-180970316/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neil-armstrong-had-secret-stash-moon-stuff-180954182/“Lost” Apollo 11 artifacts are now foundMon, 09 Feb 2015 15:15:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/neil-armstrong-had-secret-stash-moon-stuff-180954182/