Neil Armstrong Received a Tribute from NASA on His Birthday

We all know that Neil Armstrong is the first person to walk on the moon. He would have been 89 years old today. 

NASA honored the astronaut with a tweet and video remembering the “engineer,” “pilot,” “teacher” and “American hero.”

Neil Armstrong is remembered for many feats, including breaking records in aviation and spaceflight. On his birthday, we remember the man who inspired millions when he walked on the surface of the Moon. More: https://t.co/1y4CX4Zvkq pic.twitter.com/3aup0Q5vqC

— NASA (@NASA) August 5, 2019

NASA also shared a post on their site about Armstrong’s 39th birthday, which was spent in quarantine following the Apollo 11 moon landing mission in 1969.

After the mission, humans, spacecraft, and samples had to undergo quarantine for 21 days to avoid infecting the Earth with any lunar micro-organisms.  

On that birthday, workers in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory where he was quarantined made him a cake and threw a surprise party.

Armstrong actively blew out the candles and cut up slices of cake for everyone.

The wives of the astronauts watched from the other side of the glass, and he pretended to hand them cake through the partition.  

Armstrong died at age 82 after complications from cardiovascular surgery. 

Let us not forget this man who takes the first leap of faith of humanity towards the moon. Neil Armstrong is truly an inspiration to dares to dream that “impossible” is just a word.

Share this with your friends and celebrates his birthday and his legacy.