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Crew training for Apollo 11 was already complicated by the need to master the controls of two different and very complex spacecrafts, as well as the space suit, but now the mission took on new dimensions, principally in learning how to set a 14.5-metric-ton lunar module safely down on the moon.
Lunar landing training
Neil & Buzz practice in LM simulator
Armstrong practices in the LM simulator with suit
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After his death, Armstrong was described, in a statement released by the White House, as “among the greatest of American heroes—not just of his time, but of all time.”
Tereshkova presents Armstrong with badge to visit Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center
Armstrong speaking at 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s first space flight
Burial at Sea of the ashes of Neil Armstrong
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Armstrong became more and more excited about the prospects of both the Apollo program and of investigating a new aeronautical environment.
Neil suiting up for Gemini 8, March 1966
Armstrong after ejecting from the Lunar Landing Test Vehicle
Buzz took this photo of Neil after the Moon walk
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When Neil was 2 years old his father took him to a flying event called the Cleveland Air Races. This could have been the beginning of Neil’s love for flying.
Young Neil Armstrong
Armstrong & X-15
Armstrong during the Gemini Program
