#First man on the moon newspaper article license

#First man on the moon newspaper article license

Armstrong received his pilotвЂ™s license on his 16th birthday, before he learned to drive, paying for flight lessons with his own money from after-school jobs, and became a naval air cadet the next year.

5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, a small town in Western Ohio, 60 miles from the hometown of the Wright Brothers, who were his boyhood heroes. In a statement, his family described Armstrong as вЂњa reluctant American hero who always believed he was just doing his job.вЂќ Kennedy, вЂњbefore this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth.вЂќ That was not only appreciated, it was apt, because ArmstrongвЂ™s modest demeanor was what caused NASA administrators to pick him for the honor in the first place, selecting him to achieve the capstone of the United StatesвЂ™ epic quest, in the words of John F. вЂњOne giant leap for mankind.вЂќ ДЇor the next 43 years, until his death Saturday at 82 after complications from surgery to repair a blocked artery, Armstrong conducted himself as a hero should - modest, self-effacing, neither capitalizing on his global fame nor seeking a return to the spotlight. вЂњThatвЂ™s one small step for man,вЂќ he said, famously, the вЂњaвЂќ dropping out in the quarter-million mile transmission. EST on July 20, 1969, to the amazement of a breathless world. Neil Armstrong stepped off the ladder of Apollo 11вЂ™s вЂњEagleвЂќ lunar landing module and onto the powdery gray lunar surface at 10:56 p.m. (by Neil Steinberg, Staff Reporter for Chicago ) вЂ“ He was the first man to set foot on the moon, and he lived the rest of his life in such a manner as to never detract from that enormous accomplishment. In all, 12 Americans walked on the moon from 1969 to 1972. вЂњBuzzвЂќ Aldrin spent nearly three hours walking on the moon, collecting samples, conducting experiments and taking photographs. He radioed back to Earth the historic news of вЂњone giant leap for mankind.вЂќ Armstrong and fellow astronaut Edwin A. Armstrong piloted ApolloвЂ™s lunar module that landed on the moon July 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.