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PROFILES OF ARMSTRONG
Abramson, Rudy. “A Year Later: Armstrong Still Uneasy in Hero Role,” Los Angeles Times, July 19, 1970.
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Andry, Al. “America’s Enigmatic Pioneer,” Cincinnati Post, July 20, 1989.
“Armstrong Aimed at Moon Walk,” Dayton Journal Herald, July 10, 1969.
“Armstrong Still the Same Old Neil,” Lincoln [NE] Journal, July 20, 1978.
Babcock, Charles. “Moon Was Dream to Shy Armstrong,” Dayton Journal Herald, July 11, 1969.
Bebbington, Jim. “Armstrong Remembers Landing, Delights Auglaize Show Crowd,” Dayton Daily News, July 18, 1994.
Benedict, Howard. “Ten Men on the Moon,” Florida Today, Dec. 3, 1972.
Berkow, Ira. “Neil Armstrong Stays Alone in His Private Orbit,” Rocky Mount [NC] Telegram, Dec. 15, 1975.
———. “Cincinnati’s Invisible Hero,” Cincinnati Post, Jan. 17, 1976.
Brinkley, Douglas. “The Man on the Moon,” American History 39 (Aug. 2004): 26–37, 78.
Chriss, Nicholas C. “After Tranquility, Astronauts Lives Were Anything but Tranquil,” Houston Chronicle, July 16, 1989.
Cohen, Douglas. “Private Man in Public Eye,” Florida Today, July 20, 1989.
Conte, Andrew. “The Silent Spaceman: 30 Years After Moon Landing, Armstrong Still Shuns Spotlight,” Cincinnati Post, July 17, 1999.
Cromie, William. “Armstrong Plays Down His Mark on History,” Washington Sunday Star, July 13, 1969.
Dillon, Marilyn. “Moon Walk Remains a Thrill,” Cincinnati Enquirer, June 12, 1979.
Domeier, Douglas. “From Wapakoneta to the Moon,” Dallas Morning News, June 21, 1969.
Dunn, Marcia. “Neil Armstrong, 30 Years Later: Still Reticent After All These Years,” Associated Press story, July 20, 1999, accessed at ABCNEWS.com.
Earley, Sandra. “In Search of Neil Armstrong,” Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine, May 20, 1979.
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Galewitz, Phil. “Astronaut’s Museum Speaks for Him,” Palm Beach Post, Feb. 16, 2003.
Graham, Tim. “A Rare Talk with the Man from the Moon,” Cincinnati Post, Mar. 3, 1979.
Greene, Bob. “Neil Armstrong Down to Earth,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 10, 1979.
———. “A Small Town and a Big Dream,” Cincinnati Post, Oct. 24, 1992.
Harvey, Paul. “Neil Called Semi-Recluse,” Cincinnati Enquirer, May 13, 1981.
Hatton, Jim. “Neil Says Feet Firmly on Terra Firma,” Cincinnati Enquirer, Dec. 2, 1974.
Home-Douglas, Pierre. “An Engineer First,” Prism 13 (summer 2004): 42–45.
Johnston, John, Saundra Amrhein, and Richelle Thompson. “Neil Armstrong, Reluctant Hero,” Cincinnati Enquirer, July 18, 1999.
Kent, Fraser. “‘Good, Gray Men’ Fly to Moon,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 15, 1969.
Knight News Service. “Armstrong the Star Sailor Born to High Flight,” Cincinnati
Enquirer, July 20, 1979.
Lawson, Fred. “Hero Seeks Privacy After Moon Walk,” Dayton Daily News, July 15, 1984.
Lyon, David. “Moon’s Armstrong Just Guy Next Door to Neighbors,” Dayton Daily News, Dec. 7, 1972.
Martin, Chuck. “Lebanon’s Code of Silence Shields Armstrong,” Cincinnati Enquirer, July 18, 1999.
Mason, Howard. “After the Moon: What Does an Astronaut Do?” New York Times Magazine, Dec. 3, 1972.
Mosher, Lawrence. “Neil Armstrong: From the Start He Aimed for the Moon,” National Observer, July 7, 1969.
“Neil Armstrong, Man for the Moon,” The National Observer, July 7, 1969.
Purdy, Matthew. “In Rural Ohio, Armstrong Quietly Lives on His Own Dark Side of the Moon,” New York Times, July 20, 1994.
Reardon, Patrick. “A Quiet Hero Speaks: Neil Armstrong Finally Opens Up,” >Chicago Tribune, Sept. 27, 2002.
Recer, Paul. “U.S. Moonmen Returned to Earth Changed Men,” Cincinnati Enquirer, July 30, 1972.
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Salvato, Al. “In Search of the Man on the Moon,” Cincinnati Post, July 16, 1994. Sator, Darwin. “Astronaut Armstrong Firmly Planted on Earth,” Dayton Daily News, May 8, 1975.
Sawyer, Kathy. “Neil Armstrong’s Hard Bargain with Fame,” Washington Post Magazine, July 11, 1999.
Sell, Mark. “Armstrong: ‘It’s Over; and I’d Like to Forget It,’” Florida Today, Oct. 1, 1978.
Shepherd, Shirley. “On Wapakoneta, Astronaut Neil Armstrong and a Reporter’s Woes,” Muncie [IN] Star, July 1, 1969.
Snider, Arthur J. “Neil Armstrong Proves to Be Very Much an Earthling,” Chicago Daily News, Aug. 11, 1977.
Stanford, Neal. “Pride in Achievement: NASA Hails Apollo Program as ‘Triumph of the Squares,’” Christian Science Monitor, July 16, 1969.
Stevens, William K. “The Crew: What Kind of Men Are They?” New York Times, July 17, 1969.
Van Sant, Rick. “Nine Years Later, Moon-Walker Still Not Star-Struck,” Cincinnati Post, July 20, 1978.
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Index
Abbey, George
Abbott, Ira H.
Abernathy, Ralph
Abort Guidance System (AGS)
Academy of Achievement: Museum of Living History at
Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco
accident investigation: of Apollo of Apollo and Armstrong as investigator of Challenger explosion of LLRV/LLTV crashes
Acheson, David
AD Skyraiders. See Skyraiders
Adams, Dorothy Hutton
Adler, Alfred
aerial chivalry
Aerojet-General Corporation
Aeromodelers Club (Purdue University)
Aeronca airplanes
Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories
Aerospace Research Pilot School (ARPS)
AGARD meeting (Paris, France, 1962)
Agena: and Gemini program, tethering of, See also Gemini VIII: Agena rendezvous with
Agnew, Spiro T.
AIL Systems, Inc.
Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Air Force Two: and “Giant Step” tour, and goodwill tour
Air Force, U.S., See also specific person, program, or facility
Air Group 5 (CVG-5). See Carrier Air Group 5
Air Medal: Armstrong awarded
Air Transport Squadron 32: Armstrong assigned to
Airbus
airplanes: Armstrong’s early interest in, Armstrong’s first ride in, recognition of
Alcoa, Inc.
Alcock, John
Aldrich, Arnold
Aldrin, Andrew John
Aldrin, Buzz (Edwin E. Jr.): as air force pilot, and Apollo and Apollo and Apollo launch, and Apollo seal, and Apollo on Armstrong’s character and personality, and Armstrong’s LLRV/LLTV accident, Armstrong’s relationship with, Armstrong’s views about, and assignment of Apollo crews, assignment to Apollo crew of, autobiography of, awards and honors for, Bassett’s relationship with, birth of, as Boy Scout, and celebrations for Apollo character and personality of, and commemorative stamp, and Congress, and Eagle and Columbia nicknames, and Eagle’s ascent from Moon, early astronaut assignments for, father’s relationship with, and first-out decision, and Gemini VIII, and Gemini IX, and Gemini X, and Gemini XII, and “Giant Step” tour, and goodwill tours, Holy Communion celebrated on Moon by, home of, in Korean War,
Aldrin, Buzz (Edwin E. Jr.)(cont.) and LLRF program, and LLRV/LLTV program, marriage of, and media, and mission of Apollo and mission rules, Montclair, New Jersey, celebration for return of, and Moon landing, and Moon landing as hoax believers, and Moon walk, and Nixon state dinner, Nixon’s proposed dinner with, and outbound flight of Apollo personal and professional background of, personal life of, post-Apollo career plans of, PPKs of, preparation and training for Apollo of, and public announcement of Apollo crew, and relationships among Apollo crew rendezvous specialization of, and return of Apollo and Rivers’ request, selection as an astronaut of, and selection of Tranquility names for Moon landing, and Slayton’s meeting about Apollo program, space walk of, and spiritual meaning of Moon landing, and splashdown of Apollo and touchdown, White’s (Ed) relationship with, and White’s funeral
Aldrin, Fay Ann
Aldrin, Gene
Aldrin, James Michael
Aldrin, Janice Rose
Aldrin, Joan Archer
Aldrin, Madeline
Aldrin, Marion Moon
Alford, Joanne
Algranti, Joseph S. “Joe,”
“all-up testing,”
Allavie, Jack
Allen, H. Julian
Allen, John G. Jr.
Alpha Chi Omega,
Alvarez, Luis W.
Ambrose, Stephen E.
American Astronautical Society
American Bar Association: Armstrong speech
American flag: on Moon
American flags: in PPKs, returned to Congress
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
American Legion
American Philosophical Society
American Rocket Society (ARS)
Ames Air Force Base,
Ames Research Center (California)
An Officer and a Gentleman (film)
Anders, Valerie
Anders, William “Bill”: and Apollo and Apollo and Apollo on Armstrong’s character and personality, and Armstrong’s LLRV crash, educational and professional background of and Gemini VIII flight, and Gemini XI, and LLTV program, and Moon landing of Apollo selected as astronaut, and Slayton’s meeting about Apollo program, and tunnel design, and White’s death
Anderson, Keith
Anderson Merle L.
Anderson, Mike
Andrews, Bill
Andrews, Tom
anti-icing systems
antiballistic missile system
antiwar movement
Apollo accident investigation of Armstrong’s views about, congressional investigation of fire on crew for, explosion of, mementos of, on Moon, See also specific person
Apollo
Apollo
Apollo
Apollo
Apollo
Apollo
Apollo achievements of and Apollo and Apollo mission scheduling Armstrong as backup for, Armstrong’s views about, crew for, and first lunar orbit, as first manned flight, flight of, Genesis reading on, launch of, McDivitt as commander of, medals for crew of, mission of, Moon view from, and motion sickness, photographs from, public reaction to retrofire of, and Saturn v splashdown of, as success, and UFOs, See also specific person
Apollo and Apollo preparation and training, Armstrong as backup for, ascent engine on, celestial navigation training for, crew for, and LM program, mission of, and Mueller’s comments about first-out decision, and Saturn rockets, splashdown of, as success, See also specific person
Apollo and Apollo ascent engine on, CM/CSM for, and first-out decision flight of, guidance system for, liftoff of, and LLTV, LM for, mission of, Moon view from, photographs from, as success, and UFOs, See also specific person
Apollo abort strategies and rules for, affects on Armstrong family of, alarms on, anniversaries of, and Apollo and Apollo and Apollo appearance of Moon surface from, Armstrong named commander of, and Armstrong’s memories of Karen, and asssignments for astronauts, “blunt-body” principle used in,55; Collins’ “amiable strangers” comment about, Columbus’ voyage compared with, crew for, criticisms of, debriefings about, design of, as dress rehearsal for Moon landing Earth views from, as engineering feat, expense report for, as first lunar landing mission, and first-out decision, first view of Moon from food during flight of, Gemini VIII compared with, German origins of supervisors of, goodwill tours for, health of crew for, heartbeats of crew on, launch of mission and objectives of, mission rules for, most dangerous phase of, music during flight of, outbound flight of, post-flight analysis of, preparation and training of crew for, public announcement of crew for, relationship among crew of, return of, seal of, and SimSup, Slayton-Armstrong discussions about crew for, sleep during flight of, Soviet flights during, splashdown of, as success, symbolic aspects of mission of, and UFOs, See also Columbia; Eagle; Moon landing; Moon walk; specific person
Apollo
Apollo
Apollo
Apollo
/> Apollo
Apollo
Apollo group: Cooper as responsible for
Apollo Lunar Surface Close-Up Camera (ALSCC)
Apollo program: and Armstrong’s decision to be an astronaut, and Armstrong’s transition from test pilot to astronaut, ARAS graduates in, astronaut training for, and astronauts’ wives contractors for, crew assignments for, design and development of, escape system in, Gemini as bridge between Mercury and, and Gemini VIII, and Gemini XI and goodwill tour of Latin America, impact of Apollo explosion on, and Kennedy’s commitment to Moon landing, launchpad at Kennedy Space Center for, LLTV as undersung hero of, LOR mode of, lunar landing mission of, lunar samples from, naval aviators as commanders in, and Parasev research, planned flights Pratt & Whitney fuel cell for, presentation about, at Conference on the Peaceful Use of Space, relationships among astronauts as members of, and Saturn rockets, scheduling of mission for, service module propulsion engine for, size of crew of, Slayton’s meeting about course of, types of missions for, See also Moon landing; Moon walk; specific flight or person
Apollo Ridge
Apt, Milburn G. “Mel,”
area rule
Arlington National Cemetery
Armstrong, Bernice (aunt)
Armstrong, Carol Knight (second wife)
Armstrong, Dean Alan (brother): and Apollo launch, 8; Armstrong as partner with, and Amstrong’s airplane accident, and Armstrong’s character and personality, and Armstrong’s early interest in airplanes Armstrong’s relationship with and Armstrong’s religious beliefs, and Armstrong’s selection as an astronaut, birth of, character and personality of, childhood and youth of, and Colorado ski trips, and Gemini VIII, and Janet Armstrong relationship, and Lange accident, and Moon landing, and Nixon state dinner professional career of, at Purdue University, and sightseeing tour with Armstrong, and Viola-Armstrong’s relationship, and Viola’s religious beliefs
Armstrong, Eric Alan “Rick” (son): and Armstrong as astronaut, and Armstrong as celebrity, and Armstrong as father, birth of and Carol-Armstrong marriage childhood and youth of and Colorado vacation education of, and fire in Houston home, and Gemini VIII flight and goodwill tours, and Houston move, and Karen’s illness and death, and launch of Apollo and Lebanon move, and mementos from Moon walk, and Moon landing Professional career of, and profile of astronauts and return of Apollo and Tolkien’s stories
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