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Life after Apollo. Personal life. Illness and death. Legacy. See also. Notes. References. Further reading. External links. Neil Armstrong. Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who in 1969 became the first man to walk on the Moon.
NASA. By John Noble Wilford. Aug. 25, 2012. Neil Armstrong, who made the “giant leap for mankind” as the first human to set foot on the moon, died on Saturday. He was 82. His family said in...
Aug 25, 2012 · Armstrong, who described his first steps on the lunar surface as a "giant leap for all mankind," died on Saturday (Aug. 25). He had undergone coronary bypass surgery on Aug. 7, two days...
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- Early Life and Korean War. Neil Armstrong always wanted to fly. He was born on August 5, 1930 near Wapakoneta, Ohio, less than 60 miles from the Wright brothers’ workshop in Dayton.
- NASA Test Pilot. After finishing college, Armstrong went to work for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which became the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958.
- The Gemini Program. 1962 was a year of joy and heartache for the Armstrong family. Neil was chosen for NASA’s astronaut training program in Houston, but he and his wife Janet also lost their second child, a two-year-old daughter named Karen, to an inoperable brain tumor.
- The Moon Landing. Armstrong was selected for the Apollo program, the final push to the moon, but he almost never made it back to space. On May 6, 1968, Armstrong was in Houston conducting his 22nd test flight of the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle, an ungainly practice aircraft.
Aug 25, 2012 · US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon, has died aged 82. A statement from his family says he died from complications from heart surgery he had earlier this month. He set foot on ...
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Aug 25, 2012 · Aug. 25, 2012, 7:09 PM UTC. By Alan Boyle, Science Editor. First moonwalker Neil Armstrong's death at the age of 82 marks the passing of a "reluctant American hero," as well as the dimming...
Aug 27, 2012 · MOONWALKER Neil Armstrong, shown here in 1969 in the Apollo 11 lunar module after his historic moonwalk, died Saturday, August 25. NASA. This shot of Neil Armstrong was taken by...
