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‘Nerdy engineer’ Neil Armstrong: a life in 60 photos

by | 25th, August 2012

NEIL Armstrong has died. The Korea war fighter pilot and self-titled “nerdy engineer” was for a time the most famous man in the world. You know what he did. On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 crew took “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”. Neil Armstrong and the Nasa team made humanity look up…

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This German shepherd dog, named Wolf, in keeping with the space-age times, wears his helmet and goggles while sitting on a motorcycle with his master in Wapakoneta, Ohio on Sept. 5, 1969, the home of astronaut Neil Armstrong. Earl Taylor, of nearby Cridersville, Ohio, sits in front of Wolf. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, will be honored in his hometown. (AP Photo)



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