Neil Armstrong, First Man On The Moon, Dies At 82
Source: www.outsidethebeltway.com - Saturday, August 25, 2012
Neil Armstrong, the first human being to walk on the surface of another world, has died at the age of 82: (Reuters) – Former U.S. astronaut, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media reported on Saturday. Armstrong underwent a heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his birthday on August 5, to relieve blocked coronary arteries. As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. As he stepped on the moon’s dusty surface, Armstrong said: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Armstrong lived a rather quiet life after Apollo 11. He never flew in space again and, other than anniversary events for the mission itself, where he appeared with fellow astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, wasn’t really much of a public presence. In fact, he didn’t really make the news again until 1986 when he was named the head of the commission appointed by President Reagan to investigate the Challenger disaster. In more recent years, he had joined fellow astronauts like Aldrin and Gene Cernan in speaking out against the changes in NASA strategy that the Obama Administration had announced. I wasn’t old enough to really remember the Moon Landing, although my parents told me they did wake my eleven month old self up for the event, but by the time I was in grade school, Neil Armstrong was something of a liv7 ans de malheurs
Source: lancearmstrong.com - Thursday, August 23, 2012
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