– Neil and fourteen other NASA astronauts, all Purdue University graduates, visit the university’s dedication ceremony and dinner of the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering. The speech was fixed to say, “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”
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– Voice verification software obtains the missing “a” in Neil’s famous moon-landing quote. – Visits a White House ceremony with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, marking the 35th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Mission. – Meets Nineteen other astronauts and US President Bill Clinton at a White House service to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. – Initiated into the Astronaut Hall of Fame.
1986 – Armstrong is vice-chairman to the Rogers Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. 1978 – Neil gets the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. 
1971-1979 – He becomes a Professor of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. 1970-1971 – Neil becomes Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics at NASA. 1969 – Armstrong Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Armstrong and Aldrin spent approximately two hours on the lunar surface before joining Michael Collins in the Apollo 11 command module. 1969, On July 20, after landing near Mare Tranquillitatis, Neil becomes the first man to walk on the Moon. The three-person crew consists of Neil, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. – Neil is the commander of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. Armstrong completes the first space docking between spacecraft. – Neil is part of the second group of men chosen by NASA to become astronauts. 1950-1952 – Military fighter pilot during the Korean War, did 78 missions, and received three air medals.
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