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BARBARA EDEN IS ONLY 78 TODAY!
FORMER ASTRONAUT IS 81 TODAY
Neil Armstrong as a child in a band uniform, circa 1940
Neil Alden Armstrong is a former NASA astronaut, Naval Aviator, aerospace
engineer, university professor, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon.
Apollo 11 mission, July 21, 1969. Armstrong descends
the ladder for the first walk on the Moon.
MOON MISSION BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1971
The Apollo 15 prime crew astronauts from left: Commander David R. Scott, Command Module Pilot Alfred M. Worden, and Lunar Module Pilot James
B. Irwin
Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission and was the first where the
Lunar Roving Vehicle was used. It concluded on August 7. At the time,
NASA called it the most successful manned flight ever achieved.
The Apollo 15 36-volt electric Lunar Roving Vehicle was one of three that went
to the Moon
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