Hundreds of years later, in 1969, American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped down from Apollo II and walked on the moon.

几百年后的1969年，美国宇航员尼尔·阿姆斯特朗走下阿波罗二号，在月球上迈出了人类的一大步。

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Armstrong and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin left the Apollo 11 command module (piloted by Michael Collins) in orbit and performed a landing in the lunar module Eagle.

阿姆斯特朗和同行的宇航员巴兹·奥尔德林(Buzz Aldrin)离开沿轨道运行的阿波罗11号指挥舱(由迈克·科林斯驾驶)，并乘坐“鹰”号登月舱实施了着陆。

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Neil Armstrong is the first astronaut to walk on the moon.

尼尔·阿姆斯特朗是第一位在月球漫步的宇航员。

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The former astronaut says he would like to go back to the moon to see how the American flag he and Neal Armstrong planted there is doing.

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US astronaut Neil Armstrong made the historic first step on the Moon from Apollo 11's landing craft called the Eagle.

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Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first human to step on the Moon, observed the extraordinary accomplishment of the Apollo 11 mission forever established a lasting legacy in space flight.

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Sunday also happens to be the 82nd birthday of former NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong.

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Before he became an astronaut, Armstrong served in the Navy as a pilot during the Korean War.

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