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Share Your Reflections on Neil Armstrong

The first astronaut to walk on the moon died today at age 82.

Posted by Miriam Finder (Editor), August 27, 2012 at 02:57 pm

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The Apollo 11 astronaut died Saturday after complications following cardiac bypass surgery, according to news reports.

Share your memories of Neil Armstrong becoming the first man to walk on the moon in 1969.

Where were you and what do you remember from this historic moment?

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FM August 26, 2012 at 01:35 am

Shortly after the moon landing I remember going to the USGS to see a piece of moon rock on public display that the astronauts brought back.

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Deb Wong August 26, 2012 at 10:14 am

I saw the moon landing LIVE, on a small black-and white television set. There was such ephoria when Armstrong's foot touched lunar soil! I was 17 at the time, but can still feel the chills, 43 years later.....

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araj turos August 26, 2012 at 11:37 am

My wife and I were traveling in France and stopped at a small restaurant in Brittany. The owner had turned the TV for patrons to watch the moon landing. At the end of our dinner, he brought us a dessert, some gelato I think it was, with a tiny American flag on a little stick. He said this was 'an American moment' - I felt it was the world's moment.

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Carla Edwards August 26, 2012 at 02:33 pm

Like Deb Wong, I saw the moon landing live on a black-and-white TV. I was 19 years old and my parents and I were glued to the screen. I took black-and-white pictures of the TV screen with Neil Armstrong and others walking on the moon. My parents said the pictures would not come out but they did. I have pictures of the first moon walkers! A very special and proud time for me and my parents.

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John Taylor August 26, 2012 at 07:29 pm

I went to Purdue University, where Armstrong and several other astronauts attended. Like others, I watched the first moon landing on TV. However, it was during a party being thrown for my fiancé and me by an aunt and uncle. We were married six days later while the mission was enroute home from the moon. My uncle was skeptical that the landing was real. He maintained for years after that it was all filmed in a studio somewhere.

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hutch August 26, 2012 at 08:43 pm

Hey John how you been?

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Vicki Moore August 27, 2012 at 04:16 pm

I watched on a little black and white as well. I was so fascinated...I named my dog Apollo.

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JoeD August 28, 2012 at 12:30 am

I remember seeing him land on the moon, yeah I must have 3 years old, but I remember my mom yelling to come watch the TV. Who knows how many kids astronauts like Niel Armstrong inspired to go and study math, science and engineering. I was one, I drank Tang and earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Who inspires kids today, some ego centric basketball player. BTW, when are we going back to the moon? God bless Niel Armstrong.

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