Retro Space Images: Preparing for History

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AS-6.12.13-AS11-0419-69H-670 Retro Space Images post of a NASA photo of Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong posted on AmericaSpace
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Can You Train for History? — Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong during extra-vehicular activity training exercises at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in April 1969.

 

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    1. Looking at Armstrong’s training picture, one gains an awe-inspiring historical perspective on the tremendous achievement of Apollo 11 as well as the other moon missions. All the more reason to have that monument for Armstrong at the Smithsonian. It is not enough to “rename” a test center like Dryden to honor his memory. Congress, are you listening?

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