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The Armstrong Air & Space Museum is a museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio, the hometown of aviator and astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the Moon.Opened in 1972, the museum chronicles Ohio's contributions to the history of aeronautics and space flight.
Jan. 13—WAPAKONETA — A new year makes way for new improvements for the Armstrong Air and Space Museum. On Saturday morning, the Wapakoneta museum revealed its newest changes and updates.
Jul. 5—WAPAKONETA — Officials at the Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta are preparing for the July 14 unveiling of a new exhibit of items that relate to the Apollo 11 lunar ...
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, ... The Armstrong Air and Space Museum, ...
Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon, grew up in Wapakoneta, which is now the home of the Armstrong Air & Space Museum. History. Auglaize County Courthouse.
May 1—WAPAKONETA — The Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta is seeking submissions for artwork as part of its logo design contest for the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to ...
Command pilot Neil Armstrong resigned his commission in the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1960, and was selected as a crew member for Gemini 8 in September 1965. His flight marked the second time a U.S. civilian flew into space (after Joe Walker on X-15 Flight 90), [3] [4] [b] and the first time a U.S. civilian flew into orbit.
The facility took its current name on 1 March 2014, honoring Neil Armstrong, a former test pilot at the center and the first human being to walk on the Moon. [9] [10] AFRC was the home of the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), a modified Boeing 747 designed to carry a Space Shuttle orbiter back to Kennedy Space Center if one landed at Edwards.