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... knew it in explicit detail, but Purdue has had a number of people—starting with Neil A. Armstrong and Gene Eugene A. Cernan—who have been involved in the space program, and ... 1968 that Neil Armstrong would be named the mission commander. Of course, we all knew who the astronauts were. There weren’t that many at that point. I knew that Neil Armstrong had gone ... and went to Building 4 and went to the top floor and just walked in. Neil Armstrong was at his desk and I introduced myself. He was very gracious, “Welcome to NASA ...

... Neil A. Armstrong have a vote in that? '''Duke:''' Apparently he did, yeah. Neil had come and said, “Charlie,” (I believe it was Neil and Buzz Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. , and maybe just Neil), he ... lander trainer lunar landing training vehicle . '''Duke:''' —out here at Ellington Air Force Base . After Neil Armstrong ejected from that one that went out of control, they only let the commanders fly ... there. Tom Stafford originally was a big help to me. And then, I’d say Neil Armstrong. I really appreciated him asking me to be the Capcom, because to be involved with ...

... Neil A. Armstrong. There’s absolutely no reason why it should be a male.” So I look out at the class and say, “You kids, if you want to be the Neil Armstrong of ... was cleanliness, and I’ll talk about that. The second one was we almost killed Neil Armstrong, because he had a thruster that ran away on him. System cleanliness was one in ... , so the rocket engine turns on. That happened during Gemini VIII, I think, which was Neil Armstrong and— '''Ross-Nazzal:''' Dave David R. Scott, I think. '''Chaffee:''' Dave Scott, I think, yes ...

... involved?" in this history project. We hadn't done Neil A. Armstrong's interview yet. I said I guess we could let him interview Neil Armstrong. George liked that idea, and so—how long ... career, the highlight was getting to interview Neil Armstrong over in the oral history office at that time. That was really good for us. We got Neil's stuff. He was happy. We ... of that is I think the Shuttle-Mir book was a real milestone. Obviously getting Neil Armstrong's interview done by somebody that made the boss really happy was a milestone. The ...

... their clerical things after the trip was over. But after the trip was over and Neil Armstrong was assigned to headquarters as the deputy associate administrator for aeronautics, I went to work ... , very to himself. Can you share any moments or interesting anecdotal stories about working with Neil Armstrong? '''Barnes:''' Well, no. I don't know that you ever really get to know him ... had during the rather long portion of your career working in that capacity? '''Barnes:''' After Neil Armstrong left, I kind of wandered around the agency in different jobs, and there was an ...

... the early part of ’69, and I took over as program manager as soon as Neil A. Armstrong’s training was completed in June of ’69, and I was the program manager ... like a step up. '''Rusnak:''' You mentioned you came on board right around the time Neil Armstrong was finishing his training. You were, first, deputy and then head. This was also in ... to get the vehicle modified and tested and back in service in time for Armstrong’s final training. Neil had flown the LLTV quite a bit. In fact, he had been one ...

... Apollo 11 Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong (commander), Edwin E. Aldrin , Jr. (M pilot), and Michael Collins ( Command Module CM pilot) held ... :69-07-05_Mike_Collins_Interview.mp4 Listen to Neil A. Armstrong interview on this day File:69-07-05_Neil_Armstrong_Interview.mp4 Listen to Edwin Buzz Aldrin interview on ...

... guys and you got the other selections that followed on, like when Tom Stafford and Neil A. Armstrong and those guys came in, got the scientist astronauts. It's like any organization ... the notoriety they got. Buzz Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. is a prime example of that. Neil Armstrong became recluse a little bit. Buzz kind of went off the deep end. Mike Michael ... . John is a kick. I really like him. And Mike Collins, Neil Armstrong , we've all gone our separate ways, but Neil was a good guy. McDivitt. In fact, Mac lives down part ...

... met Scott A. Crossfield and Joe Joseph A. Walker worked for early NACA, and Neil A. Armstrong. So all those guys were out at Edwards Air Force Base, California . Met a couple ... the first lunar landing, they said it looked very much like a simulator. So he Neil was pleased. Everybody was pleased about that. We then incorporated the dust from…the descent ... . That was the number-one flight that I remember. The other flight during Gemini was Neil Armstrong when his thruster stuck and the spacecraft went out of control before he realized what ...

... all those— '''Donlan:''' Yeah; yeah. '''Slade:''' —disparaging remarks we all heard at the time. Neil A. Armstrong was at the Test Pilot School and was flying the X-15 at that time ... with the attitude of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. '''Slade:''' Michael Collins, Joe Engle, Neil Armstrong, and quite a few of them came out of that program out there. '''Donlan:''' I ... didn’t— wouldn’t have taken much to have something go wrong. '''Slade:''' I heard Neil Armstrong one time say that today they’re shocked when the shuttle doesn’t work every ...

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