宇航员尼尔•阿姆斯特朗(1930 -- 2012)
(2012-08-28 13:17:58)
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第一个登上月球的美国宇航员尼尔·阿姆斯特朗(Neil Armstrong)去世,享年82岁。
1969年7月20日首次登月的阿波罗11号(Apollo 11) 宇宙飞船指令长尼尔·阿姆斯特朗(Neil Armstrong)于8月25日去世,终年82岁。
执行载人登月使命的阿波罗11号于1969年7月16日升空。7月20日,阿姆斯特朗成为踏上月球的第一人。
阿姆斯特朗后来说道:“我当时认为,我们那次飞行安全返回地球的可能性是90%,但是首次在月球成功着陆的可能性只有50%。”
阿姆斯特朗迈出了“人类的一大步”,实现了肯尼迪(John F. Kennedy)总统在1961年5月提出的目标。肯尼迪总统在1962年9月12日的讲话中详细谈到了这个目标。 他说,美国将在这一个10年结束之前完成把人送上月球并安全返回的使命。肯尼迪说,“我们在科学和工业方面的领先地位、我们对于和平与安全的希望、我们对我们自己和其他人的责任,都要求我们作出这项努力破除未解之谜,为全人类的福祉破除未解之谜,成为全世界太空飞行领域领先的国家”。
8月25日,欧巴马总统发表声明称阿姆斯特朗是“最伟大的美国英雄之一,不仅是他那个时代的英雄,也是世世代代的英雄”。阿波罗11号的使命“向全世界展示了美国精神能够达到看似无法想象的目标。只要有足够的动力和聪明才智,没有什么不可能实现。当尼尔首次踏上月球表面时,他实现人类创举的那一刻永远不会被遗忘。”
图为阿姆斯特朗和阿波罗11号的宇航员准备前往火箭发射场时向人群挥手。阿波罗11号于1969年7月16日升空。
有关阿姆斯特朗生平的更多信息,请访问美国航空航天局(NASA)网站。
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Astronaut Neil Armstrong: 1930–2012
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Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk on the moon, dies at age 82.
The first human being to walk on the moon has died.
Neil Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 mission that touched down on the moon on July 20, 1969, died August 25. He was 82.
Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, was launched July 16, 1969. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon.
“I thought we had a 90 percent chance of getting back safely to Earth on that flight, “ Armstrong said later, “but only a 50-50 chance of making a successful landing on the first attempt.”
Armstrong’s “giant leap for mankind” fulfilled a goal first set by President John F. Kennedy in May 1961, and fleshed out in a speech on September 12, 1962. In the September speech, Kennedy said the United States, before the end of the decade, would land a manned mission on the moon and bring the crew back. “[O]ur leadership in science and in industry, our hopes for peace and security, our obligations to ourselves as well as others, all require us to make this effort, to solve those mysteries, to solve them for the good of all men, and to become the world’s leading spacefaring nation,” Kennedy said.
In a statement August 25, President Obama called Armstrong “among the greatest of American heroes — not just of his time, but of all time." The Apollo 11 mission, he added "set out to show the world that the American spirit can see beyond what seems unimaginable — that with enough drive and ingenuity, anything is possible. And when Neil stepped foot on the surface of the moon for the first time, he delivered a moment of human achievement that will never be forgotten.”
In the photo above, Armstrong waving in front, heads for the van that will take the Apollo 11 crew to the rocket for launch to the moon on July 16, 1969.
More information on Armstrong’s life is available on the NASA website
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