Kennedy’s Executive Order made bestowing the Medal of Freedom a presidential privilege ... Richard Nixon gave astronaut Neil Armstrong the honor in 1969. Gerald Ford placed the medal around ...

Fauci, Neil Armstrong, Irving Berlin ... to right-wing hatemonger Rush Limbaugh and campaign donors, the Presidential Medal of Freedom was a big deal. The award recognizes “an especially ...

He received an honorary doctorate from Purdue in 1970 and countless awards and honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal. In 2007, Purdue dedicated the Neil ...

Tributes to Armstrong – who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969, the highest award offered to a U.S. civilian – poured in as word of his death spread. “Neil was among the ...

It has now been a decade since the revered Neil Armstrong died aged ... Following his walking on the moon, Mr Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Space ...

With this honor, Glenn joins the small group of astronauts who've been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The crew the first manned moon landing, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael ...

Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, who in 1969 took a "small ... and was awarded many special honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom; the Congressional Space Medal of Honor; the Explorers ...

President Obama awarded his last Presidential Medal of Freedom — the highest ... in the moments leading up to Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong’s Moon landing when it rang due to a faulty radar.

With this honor, Glenn joins the small group of astronauts who've been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The crew the first manned moon landing, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael ...