NBC News Reporting Neil Armstrong has Passed Away

[DiamondDust]

No full article yet, but NBC News is confirming that Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has passed away at the age of 82.

 

[banjeaux]

NASA Biography: Neil A. Armstrong

RIP

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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/bios/neilabio.html

Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930. He began his NASA career in Ohio.

After serving as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1955. His first assignment was with the NACA Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn) in Cleveland. Over the next 17 years, he was an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NACA and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

As a research pilot at NASA's Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., he was a project pilot on many pioneering high speed aircraft, including the well known, 4000-mph X-15. He has flown over 200 different models of aircraft, including jets, rockets, helicopters and gliders.

Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962. He was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission. Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space.

As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface.

 

[Giant Squid]

Re: NASA Biography: Neil A. Armstrong

Sad. A true hero has left us.

 

[bamachile]

Re: NASA Biography: Neil A. Armstrong

RIP Neil.

 

[Bodhisattva]

Re: NASA Biography: Neil A. Armstrong

What a life of accomplishment! RIP, Mr. Armstrong.

 

[SavannahDare]

A life well lived.

RIP

 

[ValuJet]

RIP Neil. Mr. Gorsky thanks you.

 

[ccc2259]

The Right Stuff, indeed. rip.

 

[Bama4Ever831]

RIP to a true icon.

 

[KrimsonNinja]

A great man who lived a long life. RIP Neil. He'll be missed and remembered.

 

[banjeaux]

UPDATE: Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at age 82

http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/...lk-on-moon-dies-at-age-82?chromedomain=usnews

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday, weeks after heart surgery and days after his 82nd birthday.
His family reported the death at 2:45 p.m. ET. A statement said he died following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures.

 

[jthomas666]

Re: UPDATE: Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at age 82

Eight of the 12 men to walk on the moon are still alive. The youngest (Gene Cernan?) is 78.

 

[Crimson1967]

Re: UPDATE: Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at age 82

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...n_the_Moon#People_who_have_walked_on_the_Moon

It is Charles Duke at 76.

 

[bamanut_aj]

How amazing must that have been? For real..literally being the first person to venture somewhere.....somewhere no even on Earth. Simply incredible


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[jthomas666]

Re: UPDATE: Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at age 82

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...n_the_Moon#People_who_have_walked_on_the_Moon

It is Charles Duke at 76.

Ah, OK. I knew i had to be one of the later flights. Cernan was the last man to walk on the moon.

For anyone interested, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins wrote a wonderful book about his time in the space program, Carrying the Fire.

 

[gmart74]

Re: UPDATE: Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at age 82

it is a shame he didnt admit the moon landing was fake before he passed away. now excuse me while i build my bunker and fit my cat for a tinfoil hat.

 

[Crimson1967]

Re: UPDATE: Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at age 82

Ah, OK. I knew i had to be one of the later flights. Cernan was the last man to walk on the moon.

For anyone interested, Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot Michael Collins wrote a wonderful book about his time in the space program, Carrying the Fire.

Strangely, six of the 12 were all born in 1930.

 

[bamacon]

I hope we as a nation begin to shoot for the stars again. RIP Mr. Armstrong.

 

[Giant Squid]

I hope we as a nation begin to shoot for the stars again. RIP Mr. Armstrong.

Agreed.

At the rate we're going, someday we're going to have to say "Everyone who has ever been to the moon is dead," and that's just plain wrong.

 

[Bamaro]

Re: UPDATE: Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at age 82

He was a quiet hero. RIP