RIP Neil Armstrong
 

Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82 - U.S. News

My Dad was his personal bodyguard when he returned from the moon. Got to meet him a few times and was in awe every time.

Much cooler than any rock star.

Sad.....One small step

Sad day - Another one of my heroes gone from the planet. God Speed, Mr. Armstrong.

Wow. One of the greats. He certainly led a full life and may he rest in peace.

I remember watching him step on the Moon, I was 15.

R.I.P. starman...

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...........and his name shall live for ever more.

They should put his remains on the moon. It would be very fitting.

RIP indeed

I was 13 then. That was a huge event; I think our entire nation was watching. Any idea what time that was?... in my memory, it was the late evening Iowa time, after the sun went down.

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RIP Mr. Neil Armstrong, and thank you.

I was in a bar and watched him do his moon walk. I was 18 years old. Rembember the night well.

It was like 7 or 8 PM IIRC, I was working my first studio job as a laborer sweeping floors at Warner Bros. Stage 31 when we went live and ...oops, nevermind.

One of my personal heroes and fellow graduate from Purdue University. A legend.

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Saw him speak just a few years ago - no ego at all.

RIP Neil.

2:56 GMT (24 hour time) - so six hours before in Iowa, right? I remember it was dark in Ohio. Guessing it was 10:00pm in Ohio and 9:00 PM in Iowa.

About half way down in this Wiki link under "First Moon Walk"

Neil Armstrong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Very cool. Thank you!

I was 15 as well. We were on a family vacation in Amherst Junction Wisconsin. My Grandfather did not believe it was happening, said it was all "hollywood".

I have to say that when I heard it in my car today, it really left me with a hollow feeling. My hero of that era was Edward White, the first American to EVA. Ed White died on Apollo 1, I was devastated.

Living in a time now where the term "hero" has been over used and devalued, Neil Armstrong was, and is, the very definition of the word. RIP

Was an amazing man and the coolest under pressure. Read his book. Couldn't blame him for his solitude later at his farm. With all the fraudulent autographs and scams making money by using his name are some of the reasons he absolutely refused to do any autographs or appearances.

Another was his relationship and interaction with Buzz Aldrin. True odd-couple. Whats more odd is Aldrin never took a photo of Armstrong on the moon! The only image of Armstrong is his reflection in Aldrins face shield while he was photographing Aldrin. Thats an irony.

Of engineering and aviation minded that despised politics yet much of the decision to select him as the first was exactly that. I think he knew that and respected it by rarely speaking of the event later on.