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The day Neil Armstrong nearly died before Apollo 11

One year before stepping onto the Moon, Neil Armstrong narrowly escaped death during a lunar landing training exercise in Texas. When his experimental Lunar Landing Research Vehicle malfunctioned at ...
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Never-before-seen photos of Neil Armstrong's near-fatal NASA mission surface 60 years later

Never-before-seen photos of late astronaut Neil Armstrong’s return to Earth after one of NASA’s closest calls 60 years ago are now available to the public. The photos of Armstrong, who died in 2012, ...
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These Never-Before-Seen Photos Show Astronaut Neil Armstrong Relaxed and Smiling After He Almost Died in the Gemini 8 Emergency

Astronauts Neil Armstrong (left) and David Scott (right) greet well-wishers at Naha Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, shortly after the Gemini 8 spacecraft spun out of control. Ron McQueeney / Ohio History ...
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Years after Neil Armstrong's death, his wife Carol found a camera NASA intended to be left on the moon

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped out of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module "Eagle" and became the first human to set foot on the surface of the Moon. On the surface for 21 hours and 36 minutes, ...