And his matter-of-fact, detailed explanation shows just how remarkable, and risky, the first moon mission really was.
For three hours I sat across from Armstrong as he regaled us with stories of the first moon landing.
One of the most dramatic events of his first term occurred in 1969, when American astronauts made the first moon landing.
The game begins in 1957, with the preparations to launch the first satellite into orbit, and ends with the first Moon landing.
When they finally got out, the men were only minutes U.S. Eastern time from marking the 32nd anniversary of the first moon walk.
That here we would be -- 40 years after the first moon landing -- still wondering when humans will return to the moon.
The gift, which also included a small Alaskan state flag that was flown to the moon with Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins on the first manned moon landing mission, was one of about 185 such displays that were presented to the states, the United States' territories and to foreign nations.
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Well, the first iPhone was more powerful than the Apollo guidance computer used to send the first man to the moon.
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St Johnstone began the second half in the same attacking vein as they had the first, Moon blazing an effort wide.
Armstrong launched onto the world stage in July 1969, when he commanded NASA's Apollo 11 mission to make the first manned moon landing.
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The firm made the Eagle module that carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the lunar surface for the first manned moon landing in 1969.
What better tribute to the first explorer on the Moon, than to name a research ship after him?
The astronaut, who was the first man on the moon, died August 25.
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All people knew about the astronaut who would turn out to be the first man on the moon was what they saw.
"Here I am speaking to the first man on the Moon and all I can think of asking him are his impressions of Cranfield University!"
However, after more than 40 years in the ocean, the serial numbers are so badly corroded that it may not prove possible to identify specific engines, such as those that lifted Apollo 11 to the first landing on the Moon.
The Waxing Gibbous Moon - the lunar phase between first quarter Moon and a full Moon - will be approximately one degree south of Jupiter appearing to be only a pen width apart.
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Few remember the number of steps Neil Armstrong took when he landed on the moon, but they remember he was the first human being who stepped on the moon.
In other words, human exploration of the solar system does not have to be fixed doggedly on the moon first and Mars later.
Tradition dictates that Ramadan, like other holy months in the Islamic calendar, begins the day after the thin crescent of the new moon is first seen with the naked eye.
The discovery of ice is sure to overshadow the many other things Lunar Prospector will achieve (such as the first complete map of the moon's gravity, also announced this week).
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And so, it's like looking at the back of the moon for the first time--everything is a discovery basically.
We got to the moon first, but -- (laughter.) You have to check the transcript.
It has moon rocket manuals, sound clips and bits of video of the first men to the moon.
In 1959, the Soviet Union's Luna-2 became the first spacecraft to land on the Moon.
It's called a "peak of eternal light, " and it's the first to be discovered on the moon.
The Dumfries and Galloway town is hosting two weeks of events in honour of the first man to walk on the moon.
NASA, the American space agency, was set up within a year and President John Kennedy took up the challenge that Americans should be the first to set foot on the moon.
The first robot destination will be the moon.
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The Second Era, which saw Soviet cosmonauts and U.S. astronauts almost routinely venturing into space, was punctuated in 1969 when Neil Armstrong (who, in a sad irony, just passed at the age of 82) and Dr. Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the Moon.
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