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- In 1970, he was honored with the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy.
- In May 1970, Armstrong went to the Soviet Union to speak on Space Research, at the 13th annual conference of the International Committee.
- He resigned from NASA in 1971 and started working at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio.
- Seven years later that is in 1978, he was given the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
- In 1980 Armstrong became the chairman of Cardwell International, a supplier of oil-drilling equipment.
- In 1986 he became the vice-chairman of Challenger inquiry to find the cause of explosion of the Challenger space shuttle.
- He later worked with the EDO Corporation.
- Armstrong married Carol Knight on June 12, 1994. This was his second marriage.
- He was troubled when Hallmark Cards used one of his quotes in a Christmas ornament without his permission. He sued them for that in 1994.
- He retired from the post of Chairman of Board, from the EDO Corporation in 2002.
- In October 2004, Purdue University announced that they were going to name their new engineering building as Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering.
- In May 2005 Armstrong had a strange battle with his barber who had sold his hair after cutting them and made money in the name of Armstrong.
- Armstrong's authorized biography titled 'First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong' was brought out in the year 2005.
- Armstrong is often asked by the press, about the future of space flights. In his opinion, the mission of a man on mars is going to be less challenging than the lunar landing. Today, at the age of 78, he looks at aeronautics with concern and foresight.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 8y agoHe worked as a college professor and was on the commission that investigated the Challenger accident.
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∙ 7y agohe sadly died shortly after his retire ment
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∙ 13y agoHe landed walked on the moon and after returning to earth he retired as a astronaut.
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∙ 15y agohe went back to Earth
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∙ 13y agohe went into quarantine
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∙ 11y agoHe went home with his family :D
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∙ 12y agohsrm
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