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Biography

Neil Alden Armstrong, born on August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA is a former American astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and naval aviator.…more

Born

8/5/1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S.A.

Birth Name

Neil Alden Armstrong

Gender

Male

Credits

Guest Star (8)

Role
- 60 Minutes
  Feature Subject - The First Man
  - S 38: Ep 7 November 6, 2005 - The Airport Road, The First Man, The Winner
    11/6/05
- Steel River Blues
  Wayne
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Himself [video archive]
  - S 1: Ep 56 Tuesday, November 25, 2003
    11/25/03
- Close and True
  Colin Simons
- The Bill
  Dan Wilson
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 34: Ep 1 Bob Hope's Salute to NASA -- 25 Years of Reaching For the Stars
    9/19/83
  - S 20: Ep 6 January 15, 1970
    1/15/70
- Dean Martin Celebrity Roast
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 1 Bob Hope
    10/31/74
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 207 June 20, 1973
    6/20/73

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Trivia
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- During the Apollo 11 mission, the Russian newspaper Pravda called Neil "the czar of the ship." Command Module Pilot Michael Collins found this very funny and insisted on referring to Neil as "the czar" for the rest of the flight.
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- n 1971, Neil was awarded the Sylvanus Thayer Award by the United States Military Academy at West Point for his service to the country.
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- Neil retired as chairman of the board of EDO Corporation in 2002.
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Quotes
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- Neil Armstrong: I suspect that even though the various questions are difficult and many, they are not as difficult and many as those we faced when we started the Apollo (space program) in 1961.
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- Neil Armstrong: I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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- Neil: 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.
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