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Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the moon, but he has shunned publicity ever since. Destined for Elvis-caliber celebrityhood, he instead has left a relatively tiny footprint on the vacation landscape. There are plenty of science museum recreations of the 1969 landing, space-suited figures in gold mirror faceplates, even some cheesy pose-with-a-spaceman wax museum scenes. But the closest you could get to the aura of the world's most famous spaceman was to see his "moon machete," or the spot where he first flew in a plane at age six. Less bashful moonwalker #2, Buzz Aldrin, has grabbed most of the media spotlight.
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Neil Armstrong, born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio, was the first American to set foot on the Moon. He attended Purdue University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering. He ... received a Masters of Science in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California.
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Neil Armstrong had an uncanny knack for keeping his cool in stressful situations. His historical moonwalk might not have taken place had it not been for this calm demeanor. Just before landing his Apollo 11 Eagle Lunar Module on the moon, Neil noticed that it was headed straight for a boulder field. He quickly switched off the spacecraft’s auto pilot landing feature and landed manually in a safer area. After landing safely, seconds before it ran out of fuel, he radioed mission control and calmly stated, “Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed.” In all Armstrong and his Apollo 11 crew traveled nearly one million miles in an eight day mission, that stands as the most remarkable achievements in human history.
At 10:56 PM EDT on July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong made history as the first man to set foot on the surface of the moon. Minutes later, Buzz Aldren followed as the second man to set foot on the moon. Offered here is a photographic display, featuring four separate images of that historic event, signed beneath by Armstrong. The photographs feature Buzz Aldren, stepping onto the lunar surface during the Apollo 11 mission, as taken by Neil Armstrong while on the moon. The signed display is actually a proof page from a book proposal by Allan Sanford of New York. Seeking Armstrong's approval to publish a limited-edition book, Mr. Sanford prepared a dummy version of the book and met with Armstrong in Dayton, Ohio in 1977 to personally review the project with Armstrong.
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Most ear-witnesses to the event thought Neil Armstrong said "one small step for man." The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the L.A. Times reported it this way as well. Armstrong... has always maintained that he said "a man," and most encyclopedias say the same thing. A man named Al Reinert spent years in NASA's vaults digging up lunar film footage to make the space movie, For All Mankind. After finding the original quarter-inch audio tape used to record Armstrong's words, Al used a digital synthesizer to clean up the radio static so he could use it on the sound track. According to Reinert, "cleaning it up does not truly answer the question.
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Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930 on his grandfather’s farm near Wapakoneta, Ohio. As a young boy Armstrong was interested in planes. He began building model planes after he took his first plane ride at six years of age. As a child Armstrong was a good reader and a bright student. He did so well in school that he skipped the second grade. He ... built a wind tunnel in the basement of his parents’ house and by age 15 he began taking flying lessons.
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