August 5:  Happy Birthday Neil Armstrong! Space hero and American icon Neil Armstrong turns 82 today.  Armstrong, along with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, was part of the 1969 Apollo 11 space mission.  As the first man on the moon, Armstrong has received many honors and awards, including last year’s Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Watch highlights of the 2011 ceremony here, courtesy of PBS NewsHour. Photo:  NASA.
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August 5:  Happy Birthday Neil Armstrong!

Space hero and American icon Neil Armstrong turns 82 today.  Armstrong, along with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, was part of the 1969 Apollo 11 space mission. 

As the first man on the moon, Armstrong has received many honors and awards, including last year’s Congressional Gold Medal, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

Watch highlights of the 2011 ceremony here, courtesy of PBS NewsHour.


Photo:  NASA.

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July 20, 1969: First Man Walks on the Moon On this day in 1969, the spaceflight Apollo 11 landed the first humans, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the moon.  People watched worldwide as Armstrong took that momentous first step onto the moon, declaring, “This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” One does not simply land on the moon wearing a t-shirt and jeans.  See how these Historic Space Suits evolved to allow a successful landing on the moon! Photo:  NASA
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July 20, 1969: First Man Walks on the Moon

On this day in 1969, the spaceflight Apollo 11 landed the first humans, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the moon.  People watched worldwide as Armstrong took that momentous first step onto the moon, declaring, “This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

One does not simply land on the moon wearing a t-shirt and jeans.  See how these Historic Space Suits evolved to allow a successful landing on the moon!


Photo:  NASA

Source: to.pbs.org

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