By observing and researching features of our solar system, I can use simple models to communicate my understanding of size, scale, time and relative motion within it. A: I mean, there isn't any way of my knowing. When I listen to the tape, I can't hear the 'a', but that doesn't mean it wasn't there, because that was the fastest VOX ever built. There was no mike-switch — it was a voice-operated key or VOX. In a helmet you find you lose a lot of syllables. Sometimes a short syllable like 'a' might not be transmitted. However, when I listen to it, I can't hear it. But the 'a' is implied, so I'm happy if they just put it in parentheses. a b "Biographical Data: Neil A. Armstrong". NASA. August 2012. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017 . Retrieved April 7, 2018.

Apollo 16, 23 April 1972 Charles Duke snaps John Young as he collects moon dust. Photograph: Nasa/JSC/ASU/Andy Saunders In July 2019, after observations of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, The New York Times reported on details of a medical malpractice suit Armstrong's family had filed against Mercy Health–Fairfield Hospital, where he died. When Armstrong appeared to be recovering from his bypass surgery, nurses removed the wires connected to his temporary pacemaker. He began to bleed internally and his blood pressure dropped. Doctors took him to the hospital's catheterization laboratory, and only later began operating. Two of the three physicians who reviewed the medical files during the lawsuit called this a serious error, saying surgery should have begun immediately; experts the Times talked to, while qualifying their judgement by noting that they were unable to review the specific records in the case, said that taking a patient directly to the operating room under those circumstances generally gave them the highest chance of survival. [218]The book was later adapted for a biopic, with First Man hitting theaters in 2018. Directed by Damien Chazelle, the film starred Ryan Gosling as Armstrong, with Claire Foy, Jason Clarke and Kyle Chandler in supporting roles. Personal Life I was born in 1972 into a world where humans had walked on the moon. My mum loved space, so we watched all the space shuttle launches on television together. I remember seeing grainy images of Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon’s surface. The incredible engineering accomplishment that Apollo 11 represented opened me to the potential that we could do anything.

The iconic astronaut's authorized biography, First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, was published in 2005. It was written by James R. Hansen, who conducted interviews with Armstrong, as well as his family, friends and associates. On January 27, 1967—the day of the Apollo 1 fire—Armstrong was in Washington, D.C., with Cooper, Gordon, Lovell and Scott Carpenter for the signing of the United Nations Outer Space Treaty. The astronauts chatted with the assembled dignitaries until 18:45, when Carpenter went to the airport, and the others returned to the Georgetown Inn, where they each found messages to phone the MSC. During these calls, they learned of the deaths of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee in the fire. Armstrong and the group spent the rest of the night drinking scotch and discussing what had happened. [99] Armstrong, Neil (July 16, 1999). "[Press conference with Neil Armstrong]". NASA History Division . Retrieved August 13, 2023.Project Apollo: Astronaut Biographies". NASA. Archived from the original on April 28, 2011 . Retrieved May 12, 2011.