Neil Armstrong, the University of Cincinnati Commemorative Website
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NEIL ARMSTRONG HIMSELF REPLIES:
MORE UC FEATURES:
NASA FEATURES:
- Neil Armstrong Shows How to Land on the Moon
- NASA Image Gallery: Neil Armstrong, 1930-1912
- The NASA Biography of Neil Armstrong from the NASA's Glenn Research Center
- NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project: Oral History Transcript: Neil Armstrong Interviewed by Dr. Stephen E. Ambrose and Dr. Douglas Brinkley, September 2001
APOLLO 11:
- MOON in Google Earth. Take tours of landing sites, narrated by Apollo astronauts, view 3D models of landed spacecraft, zoom into 360-degree photos to see astronauts' footprints and watch rare TV footage of the Apollo missions
- “Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 Extravehicular Gloves and Visor” posted on September 6, 2012 by The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- An Image of the Wright Flyer Fabric Taken to the Moon by Neil Armstrong at the Ohio Historical Society Website Digital Collection
- NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Journal: The First Lunar Landing (Transcripts and Audio Clips)
- Apollo 40th Anniversary: “Hiring a National Hero” from the NASA's Glenn Research Center
- LIFE Magazine: ‘To the Moon and Back’: LIFE Covers the Apollo 11 Mission
- Apollo 11 page at Wikipedia
HONORING HIS LIFE:
- Presidential Proclamation —Death of Neil Armstrong, August 27, 2012
- “Lunar pioneers and VIPs honor astronaut Neil Armstrong”from NBC News
- “Neil Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, Dies at 82” from the New York Times, by John Noble Wilford
- “Remembering Neil Armstrong” posted on August 25, 2012 by The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- “Neil Armstrong, In His Own Words” from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, by Tony Riechhardt
NEWSPAPER FEATURES:
HIS TIME AT PURDUE:
- “Purdue remembers Neil Armstrong” —Purdue University
- “On the Passing of Neil Armstrong” from the Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, of which Neil Armstrong was made an honorary member at Purdue University in 1966.
- Explore the Neil A. Armstrong Papers Collection in the Purdue University Libraries Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives
BOOKS AND DOCUMENTARIES:
- First Man, The Life of Neil A. Armstrong: The Essential Biography by James R. Hansen
- Neil Armstrong: Young Flyer by Montrew Dunham
- “In the Shadow of the Moon”(2007) The surviving crew members from NASA's Apollo missions tell their story in their own words
- Spacesuits: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Collection
MUSEUMS:
- Reboot the Suit: the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Kickstarter campaign to conserve, digitize and display Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuite in time for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo Moon landing.
- Ohio HIstorical Society's Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio
- Cincinnati Museum Center: In Memory of Neil Armstrong: August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012. Including a link to the transcripts of Armstrong's speech upon receiving NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award at a ceremony held in Cincinnati Museum Center's Reakirt Auditorium on April 18, 2006
- An Image of the Wright Flyer Fabric Taken to the Moon by Neil Armstrong at the Ohio Historical Society Website Digital Collection
- First Flight Lunar Module, A Replica of the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Module