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Astronaut Neil Armstrong remembered at memorial service Hundreds gather at the Washington National Cathedral to pay tribute to the first man to set foot on moon.
Sept. 13, 2012
Hundreds wait in line to attend the public memorial service for astronaut Neil Armstrong at the Washington National Cathedral.
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Sept. 13, 2012
Mourners wait in line to attend the memorial service for Neil Armstrong at the Washington National Cathedral.
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Sept. 13, 2012
People wait in line to attend Neil Armstrong’s public memorial service.
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Sept. 13, 2012
Mourners arrive at the Washington National Cathedral for the public memorial service for Neil Armstrong.
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Annie Glenn, left center, is greeted as her husband, astronaut and former senator John Glenn, right center, talks to Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, right, before the beginning of the service, titled “A Celebration of the Life of Neil Armstrong” at the Washington National Cathedral.
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Sept. 13, 2012
Buzz Aldrin, left, and fellow Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, right, stand during Neil Armstrong’s public memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral. Several former astronauts attended the service.
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Sept. 13, 2012
During Neil Armstrong’s memorial service, people photograph a window at the Washington National Cathedral that contains a piece of moon rock that Armstrong and fellow astronauts presented to the cathedral in 1974.
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Sept. 13, 2012
The Space Window at the Washington National Cathedral contains a piece of moon rock that is 3.6 billion years old and was presented to the cathedral by Neil Armstrong and fellow astronauts Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin in 1974.
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Sept. 13, 2012
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins attends fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong’s public memorial service.
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Sept. 13, 2012
A television screen just below the Space Window displays an image of Neil Armstrong.
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Sept. 13, 2012
From left to right: Christina Korp, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Annie Glenn and astronaut and former senator John Glenn await the memorial service for Neil Armstrong at the Washington National Cathedral.
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Sept. 13, 2012
Members of the congregation stand at the Washington National Cathedral during the memorial service.
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Sept. 13, 2012
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, bottom left, offers a reading during the ceremony for Neil Armstrong’s public memorial service at the National Cathedral.
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Sept. 13, 2012
Astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, speaks during the memorial for astronaut Neil Armstrong at the Washington National Cathedral.
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Sept. 13, 2012
From left, standing in the front row: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Annie Glenn, astronaut and former senator John Glenn, and singer Diana Krall watch the presentation of the colors during a memorial for Neil Armstrong at the Washington National Cathedral.
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Sept. 13, 2012
Roger Meyers of Washington, left, shows astronaut and former senator John Glenn, right, a photograph signed by Buzz Aldrin following the ceremony for Neil Armstrong.
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