Astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, passed away on Aug. 25, 2012. He was 82.
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82.
Armstrong served as commander of the Apollo 11 mission and became the first human being to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969.
The former NASA astronaut is best known for his immortal words “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,” which he spoke as he took a step onto the lunar surface. There has always been some dispute about whether he actually said the “a” or if it was lost in transmission, but there has never been an argument about his place in history.
The number of men who have actually walked on the moon is dwindling (only eight of the twelve who did it, all Americans, are still alive). And a human hasn’t visited the surface of the moon since Eugene Cernan in 1972. The Journal asked Tyson, an astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, to reflect on the passing of Armstrong–and the possibility of man building on his accomplishments and going to Mars.
Armstrong served as commander of the Apollo 11 mission and became the first human being to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969.
The former NASA astronaut is best known for his immortal words “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,” which he spoke as he took a step onto the lunar surface. There has always been some dispute about whether he actually said the “a” or if it was lost in transmission, but there has never been an argument about his place in history.
The number of men who have actually walked on the moon is dwindling (only eight of the twelve who did it, all Americans, are still alive). And a human hasn’t visited the surface of the moon since Eugene Cernan in 1972. The Journal asked Tyson, an astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, to reflect on the passing of Armstrong–and the possibility of man building on his accomplishments and going to Mars.
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