Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong's Hilarious Reaction to His Historic Landing on the Moon “Well, young man,” Cernan recalled Armstrong saying, “Everyone knows that when the fuel gauge says empty, there’s always a gallon or two left at the bottom of the tank.”
My cousin was married to a man named Bob Mumford who was one of the chief engineers of Apollo 11. He said Mr. Armstrong was a stellar human being and quite overwhelmed at the public adoration.
Neil is shown, reflected in the face plate of Buzz. Other than the ladder footage, it may just be the ONLY photo of Neil standing on the moon's surface. Buzz never took a picture of Neil.
The Moment That Made Neil Armstrong’s Heart Rate Spike "Back in the Eagle, Armstrong and Aldrin had trouble sleeping, and Mission Control could tell long after they’d said good night. Armstrong’s heart rate dipped into the 50s only occasionally before coming back up, suggesting he merely dozed. The module, he would later say, was noisy, cold, and too illuminated even with the shades down. He was wired from the events of the day. Just when he got comfortable, Armstrong realized there was something shining right in his eyes, “just like a light bulb.” It turned out to be the Earth gleaming through the module’s telescope." "The next day, the Eagle launched back into orbit and synced up with Columbia for the return to Earth. Two days from home, a flight surgeon saw something that made him jump out of his chair. Aldrin’s heart rate had risen, incredibly, to 247 beats per minute. “The surgeon is about to die,” Duke told the crew with a laugh. It was just an error; the adhesive paste underneath Aldrin’s sensors had dried out, according to the mission report. “Well, I can assure you my heart’s still working,” Aldrin told Duke."
The Cameras That Recorded The Moon Landing "According to NASA, filming the Command Module landing on the surface of the Moon required “two 16mm Maurer motion picture film cameras, a color television camera in the orbiting Columbia, and a black and white TV camera outside of the lunar module to transmit to Earth Neil Armstrong's first steps on the Moon's surface.” "Neil Armstrong secretly brought back the 16mm Data Acquisition Camera that recorded the landing and his first steps on the moon from the window of the Eagle module. It wasn’t found until his death in 2012, and is now on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum."
Centauri Dreams Neil Armstrong-2011-speech-in- Australia. Armstrong stopped signing autographs in 1996 and rarely spoke in public, but accepted the Sydney CPA invitation, according to members of the audience, because of his declared ‘soft spot’ for accounting. What follows is a transcript of Armstrong's speech.
https://australiascience.tv/the-strange-story-of-neil-armstrongs-bag/ @Joe Riley how do I use the post title as a link as you have done?
I have already done a hyperlink above with Centauri Dreams story plus on the Hong Kong thread thanks Joe.