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BIRTHDAY - ASTRONAUT NEIL A. ARMSTRONG

S69-40958 (5 August 1969) --- Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, and the first man to set foot on the Moon, cuts his birthday cake as he celebrated his 39th birthday. The crew still confined to the Crew Reception Area (CRA) of the Manned Spacecraft Center's (MSC) Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL). Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. The cake was described as "standard two-layer, plain vanilla" on which was placed 39 candles. Eighteen of the persons quarantined with Armstrong assembled and sang happy birthday; and a champagne toast was offered. CRA support personnel are in the background. Astronauts Armstrong; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, will be released from quarantine on August 11, 1969.

Date
1969-08-06
Photographer / author
1996-98 AccuSoft Inc., All right
Collection
JSC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"BIRTHDAY - ASTRONAUT NEIL A. ARMSTRONG" (1969-08-06). NASA/JSC/1996-98 AccuSoft Inc., All right. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/S69-40958

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