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

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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Accompanied by the American Ambassador Walter Annenberg, second right, the American astronauts, and the first men to make the Moon trip, Neil Armstrong, left, Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, second left, and Michael Collins, on arrival at the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London.

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Posted: 25th, August 2012 | In: Celebrities Comment | TrackBack | Permalink