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A family statement ………………………… (say) the 82-year-old former U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong ………………………… (die) Saturday in his home state of Ohio, following a cardiovascular procedure earlier this month.
Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that ………………………… (land) on the moon on July 20, 1969. After ………………………… (step) on the lunar surface, he ………………………… (send) the historic message: "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." As the world ………………………… (look) on, Armstrong ………………………… (spend) nearly three hours walking on the moon with fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
Weeks after the moon walk, Armstrong, Aldrin and the mission's third astronaut, Michael Collins, ………………………… (receive) a thunderous welcome in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. They later ………………………… (make) a world tour.
The moon walk ………………………… (mark) America's victory in the Cold War space race with the Soviet Union that ………………………… (begin) in October 1957 with the launch of the Soviet satellite "Sputnik 1."
Armstrong's Apollo 11 mission ………………………… (earn) decorations from 17 nations and many special American honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
In later years, he ………………………… (serve) as Deputy Associate Administrator at NASA headquarters, and ………………………… (be) a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati. He and his family ………………………… (live) on a 120-hectare farm outside of Cincinnati
President Barack Obama, in a statement Saturday, ………………………… (call) Armstrong "among the greatest of American heroes, not just of his time, but of all time. When he and his fellow crew members ………………………… (lift) off they ………………………… (carry) with them the aspirations of an entire nation. They ………………………… (set out) to show that with enough drive and ingenuity, anything is possible."
Saturday's family statement ………………………… (describe) Armstrong as "a loving husband, grandfather brother and friend." It asked the public to "honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty. And the next time you ………………………… (walk) outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, ………………………… (think) of Neil Armstrong and ………………………… (give) him a wink."
1. 82 years old
2. Saturday
3. in his home state of Ohio
4. the Apollo 11 spacecraft
5. on the moon
6. on July 20, 1969.
7. nearly three hours
8. with fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.
9. weeks after the moon walk
10. in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
11. made a world tour.
12. America's victory in the Cold War space race with the Soviet Union
13. in October 1957
14. decorations from 17 nations and many special American honors
15. served as Deputy Associate Administrator at NASA headquarters, and was a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Cincinnati.
16. on a 120-hectare farm outside of Cincinnati
