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Armstrong remembered as quiet hero of moon landing
Memorial coverage recalls Neil Armstrong, first to walk on the moon, praised for humility and dedication. Tributes highlight his lunar margin of safety during Gemini era, role in Apollo 11, and refusal to seek celebrity. Recalls both Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin as symbols of American scientific pursuit and space exploration.
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Barack Obama
Congress
Associated Press
NASA
Obama
Mitt Romney
Romney
Charles Bolden
Neil Armstrong
Bolden
Dayton
Glenn
Wilbur
Orville Wright
John
Ohio
Aldrin
Earth
USA
U.S.S.R
Panama
Derek Elliott
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. Air and Space Museum
John F. Kennedy
Alan Shepard
Yuri A. Gagarin
U.S
Kennedy
Houston
Moon
Roger
Apollo
Charles Duke
Mission Control
Michael Collins
Columbia
Collins
Bob Jacobs
Middle East
Chappaquiddick Island
Edward Kennedy
Woodstock
Catskills
New York
Wapakoneta
Purdue University
U.S. Navy
Korea
Purdue
University of Southern California
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pacific Ocean
Frank Borman
Jim Lovell
Bill Anders
USAF
Edwin Eugene Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin