Two fragments of wood from the propeller and four pieces of fabric from the wing of the 1903 Wright Flyer that Armstrong took to the Moon fetched between $112,500 and $275,000 each.
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, and the first person to walk on the Moon.
He served on the Apollo 13 accident investigation and on the Rogers Commission, which investigated the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. == Early life == Armstrong was born near Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930, the son of Viola Louise (née Engel) and Stephen Koenig Armstrong.
When he was five or six, he experienced his first airplane flight in Warren, Ohio, when he and his father took a ride in a Ford Trimotor (also known as the "Tin Goose"). The family's last move was in 1944 and took them back to Wapakoneta, where Armstrong attended Blume High School and took flying lessons at the Wapakoneta airfield.
He was also accepted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), but he resolved to go to Purdue after watching a football game between the Purdue Boilermakers and the Ohio State Buckeyes at the Ohio Stadium in 1945, in which quarterback Bob DeMoss led the Boilermakers to a sound victory over the highly regarded Buckeyes.
Among the few personal items that he carried with him to the Moon and back was a World Scout Badge. At age 17, in 1947, Armstrong began studying aeronautical engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
He became a midshipman in 1949 and a naval aviator the following year.
Armstrong did not take courses in naval science, nor did he join the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps. == Navy service == Armstrong's call-up from the Navy arrived on January 26, 1949, requiring him to report to Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida for flight training with class 5-49.
After passing the medical examinations, he became a midshipman on February 24, 1949.
Flight training was conducted in a North American SNJ trainer, in which he soloed on September 9, 1949.
On March 2, 1950, he made his first aircraft carrier landing on , an achievement he considered comparable to his first solo flight.
On August 16, 1950, Armstrong was informed by letter that he was a fully qualified naval aviator.
His mother and sister attended his graduation ceremony on August 23, 1950. Armstrong was assigned to Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron7 (FASRON 7) at NAS San Diego (now known as NAS North Island).
On November 27, 1950, he was assigned to VF-51, an all-jet squadron, becoming its youngest officer, and made his first flight in a jet, a Grumman F9F Panther, on January 5, 1951.
acting as the "world's policeman". When Armstrong applied at a local Methodist church to lead a Boy Scout troop in the late 1950s, he gave his religious affiliation as "deist".
In September 1951, while making a low bombing run, Armstrong's aircraft was damaged when it collided with an anti-aircraft cable, strung across a valley, which cut off a large portion of one wing.
On November 27, 1950, he was assigned to VF-51, an all-jet squadron, becoming its youngest officer, and made his first flight in a jet, a Grumman F9F Panther, on January 5, 1951.
He was promoted to ensign on June 5, 1951, and made his first jet carrier landing on two days later.
On June 28, 1951, Essex had set sail for Korea, with VF-51 aboard to act as ground-attack aircraft.
VF-51 flew ahead to Naval Air Station Barbers Point in Hawaii, where it conducted fighter-bomber training before rejoining the ship at the end of July. On August 29, 1951, Armstrong saw action in the Korean War as an escort for a photo reconnaissance plane over Songjin.
A jeep driven by a roommate from flight school picked him up; it is unknown what happened to the wreckage of his aircraft, F9F-2 BuNo 125122. In all, Armstrong flew 78missions over Korea for a total of 121hours in the air, a third of them in January 1952, with the final mission on March 5, 1952.
Armstrong received the Air Medal for 20 combat missions, two gold stars for the next 40, the Korean Service Medal and Engagement Star, the National Defense Service Medal, and the United Nations Korea Medal. Armstrong's regular commission was terminated on February 25, 1952, and he became an ensign in the United States Navy Reserve.
On completion of his combat tour with Essex, he was assigned to a transport squadron, VR-32, in May 1952.
He was released from active duty on August 23, 1952, but remained in the reserve, and was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) on May 9, 1953.
He was released from active duty on August 23, 1952, but remained in the reserve, and was promoted to lieutenant (junior grade) on May 9, 1953.
Flying the Aeronca to Wapakoneta in 1954, he damaged it in a rough landing in a farmer's field, and it had to be hauled back to Lafayette on a trailer.
Armstrong graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering in January 1955.
NACA had no open positions, and forwarded his application to the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Cleveland, where Armstrong made his first test flight on March 1, 1955.
Armstrong's stint at Cleveland lasted only a couple of months before a position at the High-Speed Flight Station became available, and he reported for work there on July 11, 1955. On his first day, Armstrong was tasked with piloting chase planes during releases of experimental aircraft from modified bombers.
They were married on January 28, 1956, at the Congregational Church in Wilmette, Illinois.
On March 22, 1956, he was in a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, which was to air-drop a Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket.
His first flight in a rocket-powered aircraft was on August 15, 1957, in the Bell X-1B, to an altitude of .
He became an employee of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) when it was established on October 1, 1958, absorbing NACA. Armstrong was involved in several incidents that went down in Edwards folklore or were chronicled in the memoirs of colleagues.
The Nellis base operations office then decided that to avoid any further problems, it would be best to find the three NASA pilots ground transport back to Edwards. == Astronaut career == In June 1958, Armstrong was selected for the U.S.
Air Force's Man In Space Soonest program, but the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) canceled its funding on August 1, 1958, and on November 5, 1958, it was superseded by Project Mercury, a civilian project run by NASA.
He remained in the reserve for eight years, before resigning his commission on October 21, 1960. == College years == After his service with the Navy, Armstrong returned to Purdue.
Armstrong made seven flights in the X-15 between November 30, 1960, and July 26, 1962.
In November 1960, he was chosen as part of the pilot consultant group for the X-20 Dyna-Soar, a military space plane under development by Boeing for the U.S.
In 2005, he said that a [mission to Mars] would be easier than the lunar challenge of the 1960s.
In June 1961, Karen was diagnosed with a diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a malignant tumor of the middle part of her brain stem.
Air Force's Man in Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar [spaceflight] programs. Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in the second group, which was selected in 1962.
She died of pneumonia, related to her weakened health, on January 28, 1962, aged two. == Test pilot == Following his graduation from Purdue, Armstrong became an experimental research test pilot.
During his sixth X-15 flight on April 20, 1962, Armstrong was testing the MH-96 control system when he flew to a height of over (the highest he flew before Gemini 8).
Armstrong made seven flights in the X-15 between November 30, 1960, and July 26, 1962.
He reached a top speed of Mach 5.74 () in the X-15-1, and left the Flight Research Center with a total of 2,400 flying hours. On April 24, 1962, Armstrong flew for the only time with Chuck Yeager.
On the second landing, they became stuck, provoking Yeager to fits of laughter. On May 21, 1962, Armstrong was involved in the "Nellis Affair".
Air Force, and on March 15, 1962, he was selected by the U.S.
Air Force as one of seven pilot-engineers who would fly the X-20 when it got off the design board. In April 1962, NASA announced that applications were being sought for the second group of NASA astronauts for Project Gemini, a proposed two-man spacecraft.
Armstrong visited the Seattle World's Fair in May 1962 and attended a conference there on space exploration that was co-sponsored by NASA.
His application arrived about a week past the June 1, 1962, deadline, but Dick Day, a flight simulator expert with whom Armstrong had worked closely at Edwards, saw the late arrival of the application and slipped it into the pile before anyone noticed.
At Brooks Air Force Base at the end of June, Armstrong underwent a medical exam that many of the applicants described as painful and at times seemingly pointless. NASA's Director of Flight Crew Operations, Deke Slayton, called Armstrong on September 13, 1962, and asked whether he would be interested in joining the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of what the press dubbed "the New Nine"; without hesitation, Armstrong said yes.
NASA announced the selection of the second group at a press conference on September 17, 1962.
Scott was the first member of the third group of astronauts, whose selection was announced on October 18, 1963, to receive a prime crew assignment.
(Valentina Tereshkova of the Soviet Union had become the first civilian—and first woman—nearly three years earlier aboard Vostok 6 when it launched on June 16, 1963.) Armstrong would also be the last of his group to fly in space, as See died in a T-38 crash on February 28, 1966, that also took the life of crewmate Charles Bassett.
Compared with the Mercury Seven astronauts, they were younger, and had more impressive academic credentials. === Gemini program === ==== Gemini 5 ==== On February 8, 1965, Armstrong and Elliot See were announced as the backup crew for Gemini 5, with Armstrong as commander, supporting the prime crew of Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad.
Cooper and Conrad practiced a "phantom rendezvous", carrying out the maneuver without a target. ==== Gemini 8 ==== The crew assignments for Gemini8 were announced on September 20, 1965.
He made his first spaceflight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in March 1966, becoming NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space.
(Valentina Tereshkova of the Soviet Union had become the first civilian—and first woman—nearly three years earlier aboard Vostok 6 when it launched on June 16, 1963.) Armstrong would also be the last of his group to fly in space, as See died in a T-38 crash on February 28, 1966, that also took the life of crewmate Charles Bassett.
They were replaced by the backup crew of Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan, while Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin moved up from the backup crew of Gemini 10 to become the backup for Gemini 9, and would eventually fly Gemini 12. Gemini 8 launched on March 16, 1966.
The launch was on September 12, 1966, with Conrad and Gordon on board, who successfully completed the mission objectives, while Armstrong served as a capsule communicator (CAPCOM). Following the flight, President Lyndon B.
In Paraguay, Armstrong greeted dignitaries in their local language, Guarani; in Brazil he talked about the exploits of the Brazilian-born Alberto Santos-Dumont. === Apollo program === On January 27, 1967—the day of the Apollo 1 fire—Armstrong was in Washington, D.C.
Armstrong and the group spent the rest of the night drinking scotch and discussing what had happened. On April 5, 1967, the same day the Apollo1 investigation released its final report, Armstrong and 17 other astronauts gathered for a meeting with Slayton.
Slayton talked about the planned missions and named Armstrong to the backup crew for Apollo 9, which at that stage was planned as a medium Earth orbit test of the combined lunar module and command and service module. The crew assignment was officially announced November 20, 1967.
On May 6, 1968, above the ground, Armstrong's controls started to degrade and the LLRV began rolling.
They also received briefings from geologists at NASA. ==== Apollo 11 ==== After Armstrong served as backup commander for Apollo8, Slayton offered him the post of commander of Apollo 11 on December 23, 1968, as Apollo8 orbited the Moon.
During training for Armstrong's second and last spaceflight as commander of Apollo 11, he had to eject from the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle moments before a crash. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) pilot Buzz Aldrin became the first people to land on the Moon, and the next day they spent two and a half hours outside the Lunar Module Eagle spacecraft while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the Apollo Command Module Columbia.
While flying toward the Moon on July 18, 1969, he sent his regards to attendees at the National Scout jamboree in Idaho.
The crew of Apollo 11 was officially announced on January 9, 1969, as Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin, with Lovell, Anders, and Fred Haise as the backup crew. According to Chris Kraft, a March 1969 meeting among Slayton, George Low, Bob Gilruth, and Kraft determined that Armstrong would be the first person on the Moon, in part because NASA management saw him as a person who did not have a large ego.
A press conference on April 14, 1969, gave the design of the LM cabin as the reason for Armstrong's being first; the hatch opened inwards and to the right, making it difficult for the LM pilot, on the right-hand side, to exit first.
Bob Gilruth approved my decision." ===== Voyage to the Moon ===== A Saturn V rocket launched Apollo 11 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969, at 13:32:00 UTC (09:32:00 EDT local time).
Post-mission analysis showed that at touchdown there were 45 to 50seconds of propellant burn time left. The landing on the surface of the Moon occurred several seconds after 20:17:40 UTC on July 20, 1969.
He turned and set his left boot on the lunar surface at 02:56 UTC July 21, 1969, then said, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." The exact timing of Armstrong's first step on the Moon is unclear. Armstrong prepared his famous epigram on his own.
President Nixon and Vice President Agnew presented each astronaut with a Presidential Medal of Freedom. After the tour Armstrong took part in Bob Hope's 1969 USO show, primarily to Vietnam.
She reportedly felt that her husband would have been opposed to taking legal action. == Legacy == When Pete Conrad of Apollo 12 became the third man to walk on the Moon, on November 19, 1969, his first words referenced Armstrong.
In 1970, he completed his Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC).
In May 1970, Armstrong traveled to the Soviet Union to present a talk at the 13th annual conference of the International Committee on Space Research; after arriving in Leningrad from Poland, he traveled to Moscow where he met Premier Alexei Kosygin.
Employees at the university did not know why he left. === NASA commissions === In 1970, after an explosion aboard Apollo 13 aborted its lunar landing, Armstrong was part of Edgar Cortright's investigation of the mission.
President Jimmy Carter presented Armstrong with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, and Armstrong and his former crewmates received a Congressional Gold Medal in 2009. After he resigned from NASA in 1971, Armstrong taught in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati until 1979.
He was appointed Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics for the Office of Advanced Research and Technology at ARPA, served in the position for a year, then resigned from it and NASA in 1971.
Bush. === Business activities === After Armstrong retired from NASA in 1971, he acted as a spokesman for several businesses.
Part of the confusion arose from the similarity between the names of the country of Lebanon, which has a majority Muslim population, and Armstrong's longtime residence in Lebanon, Ohio. In 1972, Armstrong visited the Scottish town of Langholm, the traditional seat of Clan Armstrong.
Armstrong became a member of Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company's board in 1973.
President Jimmy Carter presented Armstrong with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, and Armstrong and his former crewmates received a Congressional Gold Medal in 2009. After he resigned from NASA in 1971, Armstrong taught in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati until 1979.
He served on additional aerospace boards, first United Airlines in 1978, and later Eaton Corporation in 1980.
He continued to fly engineless aircraft well into his 70's. While working on his farm in November 1978, Armstrong jumped off the back of his grain truck and caught his wedding ring in its wheel, tearing the tip off his left ring finger.
President Jimmy Carter presented Armstrong with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, and Armstrong and his former crewmates received a Congressional Gold Medal in 2009. After he resigned from NASA in 1971, Armstrong taught in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati until 1979.
In 1979, less than 10% of his income came from his university salary.
The first company to successfully approach him was Chrysler, for whom he appeared in advertising starting in January 1979.
After teaching for eight years, Armstrong resigned in 1980.
He served on additional aerospace boards, first United Airlines in 1978, and later Eaton Corporation in 1980.
In the early 1980s, he was the subject of a hoax claiming that he converted to Islam after hearing the call to prayer while walking on the Moon.
When it was launched in 1981, MTV wanted to use his quote in its station identification, with the American flag replaced with the MTV logo, but he refused the use of his voice and likeness.
In a post-flight press conference, he said that he chose the words "just prior to leaving the LM." In a 1983 interview in Esquire magazine, he explained to George Plimpton: "I always knew there was a good chance of being able to return to Earth, but I thought the chances of a successful touch down on the moon surface were about even money—fifty–fifty...
Indonesian singer Suhaemi wrote a song called "Gema Suara Adzan di Bulan" ("The Resonant Sound of the Call to Prayer on the Moon") which described Armstrong's supposed conversion, and the song was widely discussed by Jakarta news outlets in 1983.
In March 1983, the U.S.
He chaired the board through the company's 2000 merger with EDO Corporation, until his retirement in 2002. === North Pole expedition === In 1985, professional expedition leader Mike Dunn organized a trip to take men he deemed the "greatest explorers" to the North Pole.
They arrived at the Pole on April 6, 1985.
They lost the argument and the tanks were redesigned. In 1986, President Ronald Reagan asked Armstrong to join the Rogers Commission investigating the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
Historian Andrew Chaikin, who interviewed Armstrong in 1988 for his book A Man on the Moon, disputed that Armstrong claimed to have conceived the line during the mission. Recordings of Armstrong's transmission do not provide evidence for the indefinite article "a" before "man", though NASA and Armstrong insisted for years that static obscured it.
Armstrong joined Thiokol's board in 1989, after he was vice-chair of the Rogers Commission; the Space Shuttle Challenger was destroyed due to a problem with the Thiokol-manufactured solid rocket boosters.
The lawsuit was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum, which Armstrong donated to Purdue. For many years, he wrote letters congratulating new Eagle Scouts on their accomplishment, but decided to quit the practice in the 1990s because he felt the letters should be written by people who knew the scout.
In February 1991, he suffered a mild heart attack while skiing with friends at Aspen, Colorado. Armstrong and his first wife, Janet, separated in 1990 and divorced in 1994 after 38 years of marriage.
Between 1991 and 1993, he hosted First Flights with Neil Armstrong, an aviation history documentary series on A&E.
In February 1991, he suffered a mild heart attack while skiing with friends at Aspen, Colorado. Armstrong and his first wife, Janet, separated in 1990 and divorced in 1994 after 38 years of marriage.
He met his second wife, Carol Held Knight, at a golf tournament in 1992, when they were seated together at breakfast.
Between 1991 and 1993, he hosted First Flights with Neil Armstrong, an aviation history documentary series on A&E.
Around 1993, he found out his signatures were being sold online, and that most of them were forgeries, and stopped giving autographs. == Personal life == Some former astronauts, including Glenn and Harrison Schmitt, sought political careers after leaving NASA.
He sued Hallmark Cards in 1994, when they used his name, and a recording of the "one small step" quote, in a Christmas ornament without his permission.
In February 1991, he suffered a mild heart attack while skiing with friends at Aspen, Colorado. Armstrong and his first wife, Janet, separated in 1990 and divorced in 1994 after 38 years of marriage.
They were married in Ohio on June 12, 1994, and had a second ceremony at San Ysidro Ranch in California.
He chaired the board through the company's 2000 merger with EDO Corporation, until his retirement in 2002. === North Pole expedition === In 1985, professional expedition leader Mike Dunn organized a trip to take men he deemed the "greatest explorers" to the North Pole.
He chaired the board through the company's 2000 merger with EDO Corporation, until his retirement in 2002. === North Pole expedition === In 1985, professional expedition leader Mike Dunn organized a trip to take men he deemed the "greatest explorers" to the North Pole.
The recommendations were largely ignored, overshadowed by the Challenger disaster. Armstrong and his wife attended the memorial service for the victims of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003, at the invitation of President George W.
(In 2003, he received 950congratulation requests.) This contributed to the myth of his reclusiveness.
The Armstrong Air and Space Museum, in Armstrong's hometown of Wapakoneta, and the Neil Armstrong Airport in New Knoxville, Ohio, are named after him. Purdue University announced in October 2004 that its new engineering building would be named Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering; the building was dedicated on October 27, 2007, during a ceremony at which Armstrong was joined by fourteen other Purdue astronauts.
According to Armstrong's 2005 biography, Slayton told him that although the planned crew was Commander Armstrong, Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, and Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, he was offering Armstrong the chance to replace Aldrin with Jim Lovell.
Through his marriage to Carol, he was the father-in-law of future New York Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen. In May 2005, Armstrong became involved in a legal dispute with Mark Sizemore, his barber of 20years.
Armstrong, was published in 2005.
In 2005, he said that a [mission to Mars] would be easier than the lunar challenge of the 1960s.
The group published a book titled Pioneering the Space Frontier: The Report on the National Commission on Space, recommending a permanent lunar base by 2006, and sending people to Mars by 2015.
On April 18, 2006, he received NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award.
In 2007, Aldrin said the overflows were caused by his own counter-checklist choice of leaving the docking radar on during the landing process, causing the computer to process unnecessary radar data.
The Armstrong Air and Space Museum, in Armstrong's hometown of Wapakoneta, and the Neil Armstrong Airport in New Knoxville, Ohio, are named after him. Purdue University announced in October 2004 that its new engineering building would be named Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering; the building was dedicated on October 27, 2007, during a ceremony at which Armstrong was joined by fourteen other Purdue astronauts.
President Jimmy Carter presented Armstrong with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, and Armstrong and his former crewmates received a Congressional Gold Medal in 2009. After he resigned from NASA in 1971, Armstrong taught in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati until 1979.
In a 2010 interview, Armstrong explained that NASA limited their Moon walk because they were unsure how the space suits would cope with the Moon's extremely high temperature. ===== Return to Earth ===== After they re-entered the LM, the hatch was closed and sealed.
In 2010, Armstrong voiced the character of Dr.
He was awarded his Naval Astronaut badge in a ceremony on board the aircraft carrier on March 10, 2010, in a ceremony attended by Lovell and Cernan. The lunar crater Armstrong, from the Apollo 11 landing site, and asteroid 6469 Armstrong are named in his honor.
In May 2019, she donated two pieces of fabric from the Wright Flyer, along with his correspondence related to them. In a 2010 Space Foundation survey, Armstrong was ranked as the most popular space hero; and in 2013, Flying magazine ranked him #1 on its list of 51 Heroes of Aviation.
In 2010, he made a rare public criticism of the decision to cancel the Ares I launch vehicle and the Constellation Moon landing program.
On November 18, 2010, aged 80, he said in a speech during the Science & Technology Summit in the Hague, Netherlands, that he would offer his services as commander on a mission to Mars if he were asked. The planetarium at Altoona Area High School in Altoona, Pennsylvania is named after Neil Armstrong and is home to a Space Race museum. Armstrong was named the class exemplar for the Class of 2019 at the U.S.
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, and the first person to walk on the Moon.
So it didn't seem to me there was much point in thinking of something to say if we'd have to abort landing." In 2012, his brother Dean Armstrong said that Neil showed him a draft of the line months before the launch.
Sizemore, unable to retrieve the hair, donated the proceeds to charity. == Illness and death == Armstrong underwent bypass surgery on August 7, 2012, to relieve coronary artery disease.
In September 2012, the U.S.
The Space Foundation named Armstrong as a recipient of its 2013 General James E.
In May 2019, she donated two pieces of fabric from the Wright Flyer, along with his correspondence related to them. In a 2010 Space Foundation survey, Armstrong was ranked as the most popular space hero; and in 2013, Flying magazine ranked him #1 on its list of 51 Heroes of Aviation.
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 in those circumstances to the operating room generally gave them the highest chance of survival. The family ultimately settled for $6 million in 2014.
Letters included with the 93 pages of documents sent to the Times by an unknown individual show that his sons intimated to the hospital, through their lawyers, that they might discuss what happened to their father publicly at the 45th anniversary observances in 2014.
Armstrong Flight Research Center in 2014.
The group published a book titled Pioneering the Space Frontier: The Report on the National Commission on Space, recommending a permanent lunar base by 2006, and sending people to Mars by 2015.
Delivered to the Navy on September 23, 2015, it is a modern oceanographic research platform supporting a wide range of activities by academic groups.
A 2016 peer-reviewed study again concluded Armstrong had included the article.
A film adaptation of the book, starring Ryan Gosling and directed by Damien Chazelle, was released in October 2018. In July 2018, Armstrong's sons put his collection of memorabilia up for sale, including his Boy Scout cap, and various flags and medals flown on his space missions.
A series of auctions was held on November 1 to 3, 2018, that realized $5,276,320.
Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink." It prompted many responses, including the Twitter hashtag "#WinkAtTheMoon". Buzz Aldrin called Armstrong "a true American hero and the best pilot I ever knew", and said he was disappointed that they would not be able to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing together in 2019.
Flags were flown at half-staff on the day of Armstrong's funeral. 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.
In 2019, the College of Engineering at Purdue University celebrated the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's walk on the Moon by launching the Neil Armstrong Distinguished Visiting Fellows Program, which brings highly accomplished scholars and practitioners to the college to catalyze collaborations with faculty and students. Armstrong's authorized biography, The Life of Neil A.
In May 2019, she donated two pieces of fabric from the Wright Flyer, along with his correspondence related to them. In a 2010 Space Foundation survey, Armstrong was ranked as the most popular space hero; and in 2013, Flying magazine ranked him #1 on its list of 51 Heroes of Aviation.
On November 18, 2010, aged 80, he said in a speech during the Science & Technology Summit in the Hague, Netherlands, that he would offer his services as commander on a mission to Mars if he were asked. The planetarium at Altoona Area High School in Altoona, Pennsylvania is named after Neil Armstrong and is home to a Space Race museum. Armstrong was named the class exemplar for the Class of 2019 at the U.S.
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