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Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in 1969, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
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.
Wapakoneta (/ ˌ w ɔː p ə k ə ˈ n ɛ t ə /, locally / w ɒ p ə k ə ˈ n ɛ t ə /) (commonly shortened to “Wapak”) is a city in and the county seat of Auglaize County, Ohio, United States. [4]
Mar. 28—WAPAKONETA — Travelers searching for a place to experience the total solar eclipse should look no further than Wapakoneta, birthplace of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong. The city ...
Jul. 17—WAPAKONETA — The Auglaize County Historical Society will provide bus tours of Neil Armstrong-related sites in and around Wapakoneta from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, July 21. The guided tours last ...
When astronaut Neil Armstrong died in 2012, there were calls for a state funeral, but his family instead chose a private ceremony in Ohio. ... They started in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, then ...
Neil H. McElroy (businessman, cabinet secretary) William McKinley (25th president of the United States) (Niles) Howard Metzenbaum (Senator from Ohio) (Cleveland) Arthur Ernest Morgan (college president, hydraulic engineer, TVA administrator) Chief Pontiac (Ottawa Indian chief) James A. Rhodes (politician, Ohio governor) (Jackson)
Neil A. Armstrong (1930–2012), 27, NACA. The only member of the group to join the NASA Astronaut Corps. Flew on Gemini 8 and Apollo 11 missions; performed the first docking of two spacecraft, was the first—along with Buzz Aldrin—to land on the Moon, and was the first person to set foot on the Moon.