Remembering Astronaut Neil Armstrong
31 August 2012
Neil Armstrong getting equipment form the Lunar Module "Eagle" on the surface of the moon. The picture was taken by Buzz Aldrin.
JUNE SIMMS: Welcome to AMERICAN MOSAIC in VOA Special English!
I’m June Simms. This week, we hear about a new book on natural soundscapes and the man who recorded them.
We also tell about singer Kris Allen and how he chose a name for his new CD.
But first, we tell about Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon.
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This week, people around the world have been remembering the former American astronaut Neil Armstrong. He was the first man to walk on the moon. He died last Saturday in his home state of Ohio. He was eighty-two years old.
Neil Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft, which took him and astronaut Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin to the moon. Their lunar module reached the moon on July twentieth, nineteen sixty nine. After stepping on the moon’s surface, Armstrong sent the historic message,
SOUND: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
He and Aldrin spent nearly three hours walking on the moon.
Weeks later, the two men and Michael Collins, the third member of the Apollo 11 crew, were honored with huge parades in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. They later traveled around the world to share information about their trip to the moon.
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