Neil Armstrong’s astronaut training in Nevada went much more smoothly than his disastrous stops here in 1962, which ended with a stuck fighter jet and a hard landing.
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In February 1965, Neil Armstrong and his fellow Apollo 11 crew members spent three days exploring at what was then known as the Nevada Test Site.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says an indictment unsealed Thursday charges Dennis Blieden with wire fraud and identity theft.
Count the Hoover Dam among the many Southern Nevada structures that were inspected and determined to be free of damage after the recent earthquakes in Southern California, according to the Bureau of Reclamation.
In 1982, there were only 22 living California condors on Earth. Today there are more than 500, spread across Arizona, Utah, California, and Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
Reigning champion Miki Sudo of Las Vegas captured the women’s division of the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest on New York City’s Coney Island boardwalk.