Neil Armstrong Quotes

1930–2012 United States

Neil Alden Armstrong (5 August 1930 – 25 August 2012) was an American test pilot and astronaut, who was the commander of the Apollo 11 Moon landing mission on July 20, 1969, in which he and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to land on the Moon, and he was the first man to walk on the Moon.

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Also known as: Armstrong, Neil, Neil A. Armstrong, It's one small step for man, It's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind, It's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind., One small step

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I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work.

It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it.

I remember on the trip home on Apollo 11 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.

The People's Almanac (1975)

Friends and colleagues all of a sudden looked at us, treated us, slightly differently than had months or years before when we were working together. I never quite understood that.

Space has not changed but technology has, in many cases, improved dramatically. A good example is digital technology where today's cell phones are far more powerful than the computers on the Apollo Command Module and Lunar Module that we used to navigate to the moon and operate all the spacecraft control systems.

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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