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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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File photo dated 14/10/1969 of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Andrew meeting Neil Armstrong, his wife Janet and Pat Collins (left), wife of Colonel Michael Collins, during a reception at Buckingham Palace for the American astronauts after the moon landing during their 22-nation 38 day world tour. Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died, his family said.



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