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  • Neil Armstrong Funeral Pays Tribute to the First Man on the Moon

    The funeral for the first human to set foot on the moon was held this week, and a memorial service was held today to honor his life and achievements. Neil Armstrong died at age 82 last week, reminding the U.S. and the world of the remarkable achievement that was the Apollo 11 moon landing. Armstrong was the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission.

    The memorial service was held at the Camargo Club in Cincinnati. Armstrong was once a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati. The private service was attended by close family and friends, including Armstrong’s fellow Apollo 11 astronauts Michael Collins (left) and Buzz Aldrin (right), seen in the photo below.

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    NASA Administrator Charles Bolden released a statement regarding the passing of Armstrong, and hinted that the manned mission to Mars is still being planned:

    Today, we pay tribute to a pioneering American; an explorer, a patriot and an individual who, with “one small step,” achieved an impossible dream. Family, friends and colleagues of Neil’s gathered to reflect on his extraordinary life and career, and offer thanks for the many blessings he shared with us along the way.

    His remarkable achievements will be forever remembered, and his grace and humility will always be admired. As we take the next giant leap forward in human exploration of our vast universe, we stand on the shoulders of this brave, reluctant hero. Neil Armstrong’s first step on the moon paved the way for others to be the ‘first’ to step foot on another planet. We have an obligation to carry on this uniquely American legacy.

    A grateful nation offers praise and salutes a humble servant who answered the call and dared to dream.

    (Photos courtesy NASA/Bill Ingalls)

  • Neil Armstrong Dies at 82, First Man On The Moon

    There are a lot of people that can remember where they were when man first landed on the moon, and especially when they first heard the words “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” These were the words from NASA Astronaut Neil Armstrong as he set foot as the first man on the moon. An event that took the world by storm.

    Neil Armstrong, a Purdue and University of Southern California graduate, began his flight career as a test pilot at Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio, and in 1958, Armstrong was selected for the U.S. Air Force’s “Man In Space Soonest program,” which was the Air Force’s program to put a man on the moon prior to the Soviet Union.

    In July 1969, Armstrong (as Commander), along with lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin, and command module pilot Michael Collins headed off to the moon on Apollo 11. As Armstrong touched down on the “Sea of Tranquility” location on the moon, Armstrong communicated back to Houston “Houston, Tranquility Base here — the Eagle has landed,” and seven hours later, his famous words of “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

    After Armstrong’s career at NASA, and his first and only trip to the moon, he resigned from NASA in 1971 and accepted a teaching position at the University of Cincinnati in the Department of Aerospace Engineering; however, Armstrong resigned from UC in 1979 without publicly stating a reason.

    On August 25th, 2012, Neil Armstrong died from complications due to surgery to relieve his blocked coronary arteries, and was 82 years old. The public has been paying their respects to this history maker via Twitter: