He resigned from NASA a year later in 1971 and accepted a position as a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati, a role he served through the end of the decade. (NASA)įollowing his return from the moon and the world tour that followed, Armstrong served at NASA Headquarters as the deputy associate administrator for aeronautics, managing the agency's overall aviation research and technology. Neil Armstrong, as seen inside the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle immediately following his historic first moonwalk. He also found success back home in his native Ohio in business and academia, and became a community leader in Cincinnati." "He served his nation proudly, as a navy fighter pilot, test pilot, and astronaut. "Neil Armstrong was also a reluctant American hero who always believed he was just doing his job," his family said in their statement. Soon after returning from the moon, Armstrong announced he would not fly in space again. "Neil will most certainly be there with us in spirit," he said. "I had truly hoped that in 2019, we would be standing together along with our colleague Mike Collins to commemorate the 50th anniversary of our moon landing.
"My friend Neil took the small step but giant leap that changed the world and will forever be remembered as a landmark moment in human history," Aldrin said Saturday in a statement. (NASA)Ī plaque attached to their lunar lander "Eagle" read in part "We came in peace for all mankind," which underscored that Armstrong and Aldrin were there as representatives of all humans. The only full-body photograph of Neil Armstrong taken outside on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. He and Aldrin collected 48.5 pounds (22 kilograms) of lunar material, including 50 moon rocks, deployed science experiments and planted the U.S. Together with lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin (then Edwin Aldrin), Armstrong explored the Sea of Tranquility during a 2 hour, 36 minute moonwalk. "He was the best, and I will miss him terribly," Apollo 11 command module pilot Michael Collins said in a statement released by NASA.Īrmstrong's first words upon becoming the first person to step onto another planetary body on July 20, 1969, "That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind," instantly became a part of history. Three years later, as spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface. Armstrong ultimately regained control by using their re-entry system thrusters, steadying the spacecraft but forcing an early, but safe end to the mission. spacecraft after a stuck thruster set the Gemini spacecraft spinning. (NASA)īut the flight was a near disaster, suffering the first critical in-space failure of a U.S. NASA's 1964 portrait of Neil Armstrong taken two years before he flew into space as command pilot of Gemini 8 in 1966.
The sixth crewed flight of NASA's two-seater capsule, Armstrong and pilot David Scott achieved the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit, linking up with an unmanned Agena target vehicle. Selected with NASA's second group of astronauts in 1962, Armstrong first flew in space as the command pilot of the Gemini 8 mission in March 1966. "Neil was our loving husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend." "Neil Armstrong has passed away following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures," his family wrote on the website.
Armstrong's death was confirmed in a statement by his family.
He had undergone bypass coronary surgery on Aug. Armstrong, who in 1969 took a "small step" to become the first human to set foot on the moon, has died at the age of 82.Īrmstrong, whose described his first steps on the lunar surface as a "giant leap for all mankind," died on Saturday (Aug.
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