NASA HONORS FIRST MAN ON THE MOON NEIL ARMSTRONG

April 10, 2006

Dean Acosta/Doc Mirelson
Headquarters, Washington
(202) 358-1400/1600

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-060

NASA HONORS FIRST MAN ON THE MOON NEIL ARMSTRONG

NASA will honor former astronaut Neil Armstrong for his involvement in
the U.S. space program with the presentation of the Ambassador of
Exploration Award at 11:15 a.m. EDT Tuesday, April 18, in the Reakirt
Auditorium, Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, 1301 Western
Ave., Cincinnati.

NASA is presenting the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the 38
astronauts and other key individuals who participated in the Mercury,
Gemini, and Apollo space programs for realizing America's vision of
space exploration from 1961 to 1972.

The award is a small sample of lunar material encased in Lucite and
mounted for public display. The material is part of the 842 pounds of
samples brought back to Earth during the six Apollo lunar expeditions
from 1969 to 1972. Armstrong's award will be displayed at the
Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal. Armstrong, an Ohio
native, was the first man to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969.
He is a Korean War combat veteran and has flown more than 200
different models of aircraft. For his astronaut biographical
information, visit:

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/armstrong-na.html



For Cincinnati Museum at Union Terminal information and event media
access, contact Rodger Pille at: (513) 287-7054; e-mail:


The event will air live on NASA TV available on an MPEG-2 digital
C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west
longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. In
Alaska and Hawaii, they're on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude,
transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. For digital
downlink information visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv



For information about NASA and agency programs visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/home


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Jacques :-)

www.spacepatches.nl

On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:29:01 +0200, "Jacques van Oene"
wrote:

The award is a small sample of lunar material encased in Lucite and
mounted for public display.

Neil: "A rock? From the Moon? Been there, done that. First, even. Now,
give me a bolt from Yeager's X-1 so I can put it in my pocket and play
with it, and we'd be talking something special, son..."

OM
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OM wrote:
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:29:01 +0200, "Jacques van Oene"
wrote:

The award is a small sample of lunar material encased in Lucite and
mounted for public display.

Neil: "A rock? From the Moon? Been there, done that. First, even. Now,
give me a bolt from Yeager's X-1 so I can put it in my pocket and play
with it, and we'd be talking something special, son..."

OM
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NASA should fly a few sample return missions and give Neil a rock from
Mars.

Rusty