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James

Neil Armstrong, the American astronaut who made "one giant leap for mankind" when he became the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday. He was 82.

Armstrong took two trips into space. He made his first journey in 1966 as commander of the Gemini 8 mission, which nearly ended in disaster.

During his next space trip in July 1969, Armstrong and fellow astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins blasted off in Apollo 11 on a nearly 250,000-mile journey to the moon that went down in the history books.

At 10:56 p.m. EST on July 20, 1969, Armstrong, at age 38, became the first person to set foot on the moon.

He uttered the now-famous phrase: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

Rest in Peace Neil, you've been a hero for the whole world and will truly be missed.

Respectfully,
William James Woodward - Brazil Animator, Expat-blog

James

In tribute to Neil Armstrong I would like to add the following poem written by John G. Magee Jr.

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue,
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

honeyclotte

Fly me to the Moon..hmmnn lalalala. Thanks for your Contributions Neil Armstrong and RIP..

jazzy851

Rest in Peace Neil, you've been a hero for the whole world and will truly be missed.


Indeed a true legend who will sadly be missed. :|

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