Neil Armstrong:
Neil Armstrong was born in Ohio. He was part of one of the biggest expeditions in the world. He traveled to space and was the first person to set foot on the moon. Armstrong was an officer in the Navy and went to Korea during the Korean War before he became an astronaut. Sadly Neil Armstrong died recently in August, 2012. |
"Houston, Tranquility Base here, the Eagle has landed." (First words spoken on the Moon.)
"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small."
"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small."