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Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies at 82 Armstrong, the astronaut who marked an epochal achievement in exploration with “one small step” from the Apollo 11 lunar module on July 20, 1969, becoming the first person to walk on the moon, has died.
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Neil Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission, became the first human to set foot on the moon.
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Sept. 17, 1962
Neil Armstrong, one of the nine astronauts, is introduced to the press in Houston. Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon July 20, 1969. He radioed back to Earth the historic news of "one giant leap for mankind." Armstrong and fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin spent nearly three hours walking on the moon, collecting samples, conducting experiments and taking photographs. In all, 12 Americans walked on the moon from 1969 to 1972.
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March 9, 1966
Astronaut Neil Armstrong during a suiting-up exercise at Cape Kennedy, Fla., in preparation for the Gemini 8 flight.
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Nov. 28, 1968
Astronauts Edwin E. Aldrin and Neil Armstrong rehearse chores they will perform on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission.
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July 16, 1969
Neil Armstrong waves as he and fellow astronauts head for the van that will take them to the rocket for launch to the moon at Kennedy Space Center.
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Aug. 24, 1969
Astronaut Neil Armstrong in space suit.
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After completing a mission, Neil Armstrong smiles at the camera inside the lunar module while the module rests on the moon's surface.
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July 20,1969
Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong steps down from the lunar module lander and becomes the first man to set foot on the moon.
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July 20, 1969
Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 mission commander, stands next to the Lunar Module "Eagle" on the moon.
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July 20, 1969
Armstrong steps into history by leaving the first human footprint on the surface of the moon.
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July 20, 1969
Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin, the first men to land on the moon, plant the U.S. flag on the lunar surface.
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1969
Apollo 11 astronauts Col. Edwin E. Aldrin, left, lunar module pilot; Neil Armstrong, flight commander; and Lt. Michael Collins, command module pilot stand next to their spacecraft.
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July 20, 1970
Former astronaut Neil Armstrong, a NASA executive, looks over a model of a lunar module at NASA headquarters.
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Former astronaut Neil Armstrong, a member of the presidential panel investigating the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, listens to testimony before the commission in Washington, D.C. David Acheson, a commission member, listens in the background.
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July 26, 2005
Neil Armstrong poses in front of his photo during a visit to the Prince Felipe Museum, in Valencia, Spain.
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Oct. 27, 2007
Former astronaut Neil Armstrong speaks near a statue of himself during a ceremony to dedicate the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. Armstrong is a Purdue alumni.
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July 20, 2009
President Obama shakes hands with Neil Armstrong, who is standing alongside fellow Apollo 11 crew members Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, left, and Michael Collins, center, during a meeting in the Oval Office on the 40th anniversary of NASA's first human landing on the moon.
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Nov. 16, 2011
Neil Armstrong smiles after receiving his honors as House and Senate leaders hold a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to honor Armstrong and fellow astronauts John Glenn, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin.
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