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In addition to the fixed-base lunar module simulators in Houston and at the Cape, astronauts also practiced at Langley Research Center on the suspended lunar landing trainer which was equipped with realistic surface views and lighting.
Aldrin practices setting up Solar Wind experiment
Armstrong practices opening a lunar sample box
1/6 gravity harness to practice moon walking
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Steve Bales (Guido) made a new entry to the trajectory and guidance section of the rules book which excluded lunar module computer program alarms 1201 and 1202 from the abort list.
Don Puddy – responsible for comm, power, & life support
Steve Bales – GUIDO (guidance position)
Chuck Deiterich – RETRO
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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
