The three Apollo 11 astronauts were honored with a ticker tape parade in New York City soon after returning to Earth. Armstrong received the Medal of Freedom, the highest award offered to a U. In that position, he was responsible for the coordination and management of overall NASA research and technology work related to aeronautics.
During the years , Armstrong served as chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc. Armstrong died on Aug. He later moved to Washington, D. Albans School. In , he attended the U. From to he logged more than 4, hours of flying time. He served as a pilot on the three-day Gemini X mission, launched July 18, His second flight was as Command Module pilot of the historic Apollo 11 mission in July He remained in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first people to walk on the Moon.
His role in the Apollo mission earned him many awards and accolades, including the Presidential Medal for Freedom in A year later he joined the Smithsonian Institution as the Director of the National Air and Space Museum, where he remained for seven years. While in this position, he was responsible for the construction of the new museum building, which opened to the public in July , ahead of schedule and below its budgeted cost. Collins has completed two spaceflights, logging hours in space, of which 1 hour and 27 minutes was spent in EVA.
He has written about his experiences in the space program in several books, including Carrying the Fire and Flying to the Moon and other Strange Places. Today he is an aerospace consultant and writer. Bachelor of science in nuclear engineering from U. Flew on Apollo 8. Cumulative hours of spaceflight are more than Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from University of Texas.
Flew on Apollo 12 and Skylab 3. Cumulative hours of spaceflight are more than 1, Cumulative EVA time is more than 10 hours. Bachelor of science from U.
Military Academy; master of science in aeronautical engineering from California Institute of Technology. Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the Apollo spacecraft fire. Bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Purdue University; master of science in aeronautical engineering from U.
Navy Postgraduate School. Cumulative EVA time is more than 73 hours. Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University. Cumulative EVA time is more than 14 hours. Flew on Apollo 7. Bachelor of science in naval sciences from U. Naval Academy; master of science in aeronautics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Flew on Apollo Cumulative EVA time is more than 20 hours. Bachelor of science in astronautics from U.
Naval Academy; master of science in astronautics from U. Air Force Institute of Technology. Died December 2, , in Tokyo, Japan, of a heart attack. Navy Retired Born November 10, , in St. Francis, Kansas. Bachelor of science in electrical engineering from University of Kansas; master of science in aeronautical engineering from U.
The date is 'July ' the 40th anniversary of the original moonwalk by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. The cartoon shows an astronaut in a spacesuit walking on the moon. Nearby is the shadow of another kind of 'moonwalker' Michael Jackson, American pop idol, who died recently.
Michael Jackson did an iconic dance movement called 'moonwalking'. Click to request to view this item, access digital version if available , and see more information. This item is available as a high resolution download. A request to buy an image can take up to 10 working days to approve. It will depend on copyright and how the image is going to be used. Some folks asked me to record it for real. Here it is. I think unfortunately there is a divide in urban music between the old and the new.
This remix is an attempt to bridge that gap. Folks often say that the weeknd "sounds like" the king of pop. I think comparing and sounding like MJ is a compliment and a half.
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