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[[File:Neil Armstrong family memorial service (201208310014HQ).jpg|thumb|Photograph of Armstrong as a boy at his family memorial service in [[Indian Hill, Ohio]], near Cincinnati, on August 31, 2012|alt=A color image showing a black-and-white photo of a young boy. The picture stands on a small round table beside a vase of flowers containing a U.S. flag.]] | [[File:Neil Armstrong family memorial service (201208310014HQ).jpg|thumb|Photograph of Armstrong as a boy at his family memorial service in [[Indian Hill, Ohio]], near Cincinnati, on August 31, 2012|alt=A color image showing a black-and-white photo of a young boy. The picture stands on a small round table beside a vase of flowers containing a U.S. flag.]] | ||
Armstrong underwent [[coronary artery bypass surgery|bypass surgery]] at [[Mercy Health (Ohio and Kentucky)|Mercy Faith–Fairfield Hospital]] in Cincinnati on August 7, 2012, to relieve [[coronary artery disease]].<ref name="NYT malpractice suit story">{{Cite news|last1=Shane|first1=Scott|last2=Kiliff|first2=Sarah|title=Neil Armstrong's Death, and a Stormy, Secret $6 Million Settlement|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/us/neil-armstrong-wrongful-death-settlement.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 23, 2019|access-date=July 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, Recovering From Heart Surgery |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-people-armstrong-idUSBRE8771KU20120808 |access-date=August 8, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809070811/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/08/us-usa-people-armstrong-idUSBRE8771KU20120808 |archive-date=August 9, 2012 |date=August 8, 2012}}</ref> Although he was reportedly recovering well,<ref>{{Cite news |first=Thomas |last=H. Maugh II |title=Neil Armstrong recovering well after cardiac bypass surgery |date=August 9, 2012 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/09/science/la-sci-sn-armstrong-heart-surgery-20120809 |access-date=January 5, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20140107085657/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/09/science/la-sci-sn-armstrong-heart-surgery-20120809 |archive-date=January 7, 2014}}</ref> he developed complications and died on August 25, aged 82.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Neil Armstrong's Death – a Medical Perspective |magazine=[[Scientific American]] |url=http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/molecules-to-medicine/2012/09/03/neil-armstrongs-deatha-medical-perspective/ |first=Judy |last=Stone |date=September 3, 2012 |access-date=December 30, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20130101082328/http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/molecules-to-medicine/2012/09/03/neil-armstrongs-deatha-medical-perspective/ |archive-date=January 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Space legend Neil Armstrong dies |publisher=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/25/us/neil-armstrong-obit/index.html |access-date=January 30, 2022 |date=August 25, 2012|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221442/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/25/us/neil-armstrong-obit/index.html |archive-date=December 29, 2012}}</ref> | Armstrong underwent [[coronary artery bypass surgery|bypass surgery]] at [[Mercy Health (Ohio and Kentucky)|Mercy Faith–Fairfield Hospital]] in Cincinnati on August 7, 2012, to relieve [[coronary artery disease]].<ref name="NYT malpractice suit story">{{Cite news|last1=Shane|first1=Scott|last2=Kiliff|first2=Sarah|title=Neil Armstrong's Death, and a Stormy, Secret $6 Million Settlement|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/us/neil-armstrong-wrongful-death-settlement.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 23, 2019|access-date=July 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Armstrong, First Man on the Moon, Recovering From Heart Surgery |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-people-armstrong-idUSBRE8771KU20120808 |access-date=August 8, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809070811/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/08/us-usa-people-armstrong-idUSBRE8771KU20120808 |archive-date=August 9, 2012 |date=August 8, 2012}}</ref> Although he was reportedly recovering well,<ref>{{Cite news |first=Thomas |last=H. Maugh II |title=Neil Armstrong recovering well after cardiac bypass surgery |date=August 9, 2012 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/09/science/la-sci-sn-armstrong-heart-surgery-20120809 |access-date=January 5, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20140107085657/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/aug/09/science/la-sci-sn-armstrong-heart-surgery-20120809 |archive-date=January 7, 2014}}</ref> he developed complications and died on August 25, aged 82.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Neil Armstrong's Death – a Medical Perspective |magazine=[[Scientific American]] |url=http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/molecules-to-medicine/2012/09/03/neil-armstrongs-deatha-medical-perspective/ |first=Judy |last=Stone |date=September 3, 2012 |access-date=December 30, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20130101082328/http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/molecules-to-medicine/2012/09/03/neil-armstrongs-deatha-medical-perspective/ |archive-date=January 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Space legend Neil Armstrong dies |publisher=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/25/us/neil-armstrong-obit/index.html |access-date=January 30, 2022 |date=August 25, 2012|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121229221442/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/25/us/neil-armstrong-obit/index.html |archive-date=December 29, 2012}}</ref> a statement memorializing Armstrong as "among the greatest of American heroes—not just of his time, but of all time",<ref>{{Cite web |title=President Obama's Statement on Neil Armstrong's Death |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=August 25, 2012 |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/08/25/president-obamas-statement-on-neil-armstrongs-death/ |access-date=August 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829012207/http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/08/25/president-obamas-statement-on-neil-armstrongs-death/ |archive-date=August 29, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Neil Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies at 82 |date=August 25, 2012 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/science/space/neil-armstrong-dies-first-man-on-moon.html |access-date=August 25, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825202024/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/science/space/neil-armstrong-dies-first-man-on-moon.html |archive-date=August 25, 2012}}</ref> and added that Armstrong had carried the aspirations of the United States' citizens and had delivered "a moment of human achievement that will never be forgotten."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement by the President on the Passing of Neil Armstrong |publisher=The White House, Office of the Press Secretary |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/25/statement-president-passing-neil-armstrong |access-date=August 26, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121094421/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/25/statement-president-passing-neil-armstrong |archive-date=January 21, 2017 |date=August 25, 2012}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Neil Armstrong burial at sea (201209140008HQ).jpg|thumb|left|Armstrong's [[burial at sea]] on September 14, 2012|alt=A squad of eight U.S. Navy personnel dressed in all-white uniforms hold a U.S. flag over a casket on the deck of a ship. The casket is carried on a dark wood plinth with several gold-colored badges. Much of the foreground is obscured by a senior officer with his back to us. Beyond is the sea.]] | [[File:Neil Armstrong burial at sea (201209140008HQ).jpg|thumb|left|Armstrong's [[burial at sea]] on September 14, 2012|alt=A squad of eight U.S. Navy personnel dressed in all-white uniforms hold a U.S. flag over a casket on the deck of a ship. The casket is carried on a dark wood plinth with several gold-colored badges. Much of the foreground is obscured by a senior officer with his back to us. Beyond is the sea.]] | ||
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Armstrong and his Apollo 11 crewmates were the 1999 recipients of the [[Langley Gold Medal]] from the Smithsonian Institution.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/space/9907/20/apollo.11.awards/ |title=Apollo 11 astronauts honored for 'astonishing' mission |date=July 20, 1999 |publisher=CNN|access-date=February 28, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301164519/http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/space/9907/20/apollo.11.awards/ |archive-date=March 1, 2018}}</ref> On April 18, 2006, he received NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/features/armstrong_ambassador_of_exploration.html |title=NASA Honors Neil Armstrong With Exploration Award |publisher=NASA |date=April 18, 2006 |access-date=December 5, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602190438/http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/features/armstrong_ambassador_of_exploration.html |archive-date=June 2, 2015}}</ref> The [[Space Foundation]] named Armstrong as a recipient of its 2013 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Neil Armstrong and Sally Ride Are 2013 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award Honorees |publisher=Space Foundation |url=http://www.spacefoundation.org/media/press-releases/neil-armstrong-and-sally-ride-are-2013-general-james-e-hill-lifetime-space |access-date=March 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603040641/http://www.spacefoundation.org/media/press-releases/neil-armstrong-and-sally-ride-are-2013-general-james-e-hill-lifetime-space |archive-date=June 3, 2013}}</ref> Armstrong was also inducted into the [[Aerospace Walk of Honor]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorees |publisher=City of Lancaster |url=http://www.cityoflancasterca.org/index.aspx?page=193 |access-date=May 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519062713/http://cityoflancasterca.org/index.aspx?page=193 |archive-date=May 19, 2011}}</ref><ref name=ind91>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36299181/the_los_angeles_times/|title=Neil Armstrong to Join Lancaster Walk of Honor|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=September 17, 1991|page=B3|via=Newspapers.com|last1=Chandler|first1=John}}</ref> the [[International Space Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29967024/las_vegas_optic/ |title=Space Pioneers Enshrined |last1=Locke |first1=Robert |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Las Vegas Optic |location=Las Vegas, New Mexico |date=October 6, 1976 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]], and the [[United States Astronaut Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33582881/florida_today/|title=Activities Honor Gemini Astronauts|newspaper=Florida Today|location=Cocoa, Florida|date=March 14, 1993|page=41|via=Newspapers.com|last1=Clark|first1=Amy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Neil A. Armstrong |publisher=Astronaut Scholarship Foundation |url=http://www.astronautscholarship.org/armstrong.html |access-date=May 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001025716/http://www.astronautscholarship.org/armstrong.html |archive-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref> He was awarded his [[Astronaut Badge|Naval Astronaut badge]] in a ceremony on board the aircraft carrier {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower|CVN-69|6}} on March 10, 2010, in a ceremony attended by Lovell and Cernan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=51836 |access-date=February 28, 2018 |title=Astronaut Legend Receives Naval Astronaut Wings Aboard 'Ike' |date=March 10, 2010 |first=Amy |last=Kirk |publisher=United States Navy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041525/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=51836 |archive-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref> | Armstrong and his Apollo 11 crewmates were the 1999 recipients of the [[Langley Gold Medal]] from the Smithsonian Institution.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/space/9907/20/apollo.11.awards/ |title=Apollo 11 astronauts honored for 'astonishing' mission |date=July 20, 1999 |publisher=CNN|access-date=February 28, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301164519/http://edition.cnn.com/TECH/space/9907/20/apollo.11.awards/ |archive-date=March 1, 2018}}</ref> On April 18, 2006, he received NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/features/armstrong_ambassador_of_exploration.html |title=NASA Honors Neil Armstrong With Exploration Award |publisher=NASA |date=April 18, 2006 |access-date=December 5, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602190438/http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/features/armstrong_ambassador_of_exploration.html |archive-date=June 2, 2015}}</ref> The [[Space Foundation]] named Armstrong as a recipient of its 2013 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award.<ref>{{cite web |title=Neil Armstrong and Sally Ride Are 2013 General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award Honorees |publisher=Space Foundation |url=http://www.spacefoundation.org/media/press-releases/neil-armstrong-and-sally-ride-are-2013-general-james-e-hill-lifetime-space |access-date=March 26, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603040641/http://www.spacefoundation.org/media/press-releases/neil-armstrong-and-sally-ride-are-2013-general-james-e-hill-lifetime-space |archive-date=June 3, 2013}}</ref> Armstrong was also inducted into the [[Aerospace Walk of Honor]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorees |publisher=City of Lancaster |url=http://www.cityoflancasterca.org/index.aspx?page=193 |access-date=May 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519062713/http://cityoflancasterca.org/index.aspx?page=193 |archive-date=May 19, 2011}}</ref><ref name=ind91>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36299181/the_los_angeles_times/|title=Neil Armstrong to Join Lancaster Walk of Honor|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=September 17, 1991|page=B3|via=Newspapers.com|last1=Chandler|first1=John}}</ref> the [[International Space Hall of Fame]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29967024/las_vegas_optic/ |title=Space Pioneers Enshrined |last1=Locke |first1=Robert |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Las Vegas Optic |location=Las Vegas, New Mexico |date=October 6, 1976 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]], and the [[United States Astronaut Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33582881/florida_today/|title=Activities Honor Gemini Astronauts|newspaper=Florida Today|location=Cocoa, Florida|date=March 14, 1993|page=41|via=Newspapers.com|last1=Clark|first1=Amy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Neil A. Armstrong |publisher=Astronaut Scholarship Foundation |url=http://www.astronautscholarship.org/armstrong.html |access-date=May 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001025716/http://www.astronautscholarship.org/armstrong.html |archive-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref> He was awarded his [[Astronaut Badge|Naval Astronaut badge]] in a ceremony on board the aircraft carrier {{USS|Dwight D. Eisenhower|CVN-69|6}} on March 10, 2010, in a ceremony attended by Lovell and Cernan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=51836 |access-date=February 28, 2018 |title=Astronaut Legend Receives Naval Astronaut Wings Aboard 'Ike' |date=March 10, 2010 |first=Amy |last=Kirk |publisher=United States Navy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041525/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=51836 |archive-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref> | ||
The lunar crater [[Armstrong (crater)|Armstron]]<nowiki/>om the Apollo 11 landing site, and [[asteroid]] [[6469 Armstrong]] are named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web |title=Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000) |url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs005001.html |access-date=November 27, 2015 |publisher=The International Astronomical Minor Planet Center}}</ref> There are more than a dozen elementary, middle and high schools named for Armstrong in the United States,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&InstName=neil+armstrong&SchoolID=&Address=&City=&State=&Zip=&Miles=&County=&PhoneAreaCode=&Phone=&DistrictName=&DistrictID=&SchoolType=1&SchoolType=2&SchoolType=3&SchoolType=4&SpecificSchlTypes=all&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1 |title=Search for Public School |access-date=July 10, 2007 |publisher=National Center for Educational Statistics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011184021/http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&InstName=neil+armstrong&SchoolID=&Address=&City=&State=&Zip=&Miles=&County=&PhoneAreaCode=&Phone=&DistrictName=&DistrictID=&SchoolType=1&SchoolType=2&SchoolType=3&SchoolType=4&SpecificSchlTypes=all&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1 |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}</ref> and many places around the world have streets, buildings, schools, and other places named for him and/or Apollo.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ireland: What's in a name? Cold, hard cash |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=December 22, 2002 |url=http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article804378.ece |access-date=August 28, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609215101/http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/article804378.ece |archive-date=June 9, 2011 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> The [[Armstrong Air and Space Museum]], in Armstrong's hometown of Wapakoneta,<ref>{{cite news |last=Knight |first=Andy |title=To the moon: Armstrong space museum offers history lessons on space travel |newspaper=Cincinnati.com |date=Winter 2000 |url=http://www.cincinnati.com/visitorsguide/stories/012800_moon.html |access-date=August 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223011402/http://www.cincinnati.com/visitorsguide/stories/012800_moon.html |archive-date=December 23, 2007}}</ref> and the Neil Armstrong Airport in [[New Knoxville, Ohio]], are named after him.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilarmstrongairport.com/ |title=Auglaize County Neil Armstrong Airport |publisher=Auglaize County Neil Armstrong Airport |access-date=March 4, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921040243/http://neilarmstrongairport.com/ |archive-date=September 21, 2017}}</ref> The mineral [[armstrongite]] is named after him,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vladykin |first1=N. V. |last2=Kovalenko |first2=V. I. |last3=Kashaev |first3=A. A. |last4=Sapozhnikov |first4=A. N. |last5=Pisarskaya |first5=V. A. |title=A new silicate of calcium and zirconium – armstrongite |journal=Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR |date=1973 |volume=209 |pages=1185–1188}}</ref> and the mineral [[armalcolite]] is named, in part, after him.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Anderson |first1=A. T. |title=Armalcolite, a new mineral from the Apollo 11 samples |journal=Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta |date=1970 |volume=34 |issue=Supplement 1 |pages=55–63|bibcode=1970GeCAS...1...55A }}</ref> | |||
The lunar crater [[Armstrong (crater)| | |||
In October 2004 Purdue University named its new engineering building [[Purdue University College of Engineering|Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering]];<ref>{{cite news |last=Holsapple |first=Matt |title=Purdue launching Neil Armstrong Hall for engineering's future |newspaper=Purdue University News |date=October 16, 2004 |url=http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html3month/2004/041016.Jischke.Armstrong.html |access-date=August 28, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016105510/http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html3month/2004/041016.Jischke.Armstrong.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007}}</ref> the building was dedicated on October 27, 2007, during a ceremony at which Armstrong was joined by fourteen other Purdue astronauts.<ref>{{cite news |last=Venere |first=Emil |title=Neil Armstrong Hall is new home to Purdue engineering |newspaper=Purdue University News |date=October 27, 2007 |url=http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007b/071027CelArmstrongDedication.html |access-date=January 5, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230143412/http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007b/071027CelArmstrongDedication.html |archive-date=December 30, 2007}}</ref> The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center was renamed the NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo46206 |title=An Act to Redesignate the Dryden Flight Research Center as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Western Aeronautical Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range |publisher=US Government Publishing Office |access-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref> In September 2012, the U.S. Navy named the first ''Armstrong''-class vessel {{warship|RV|Neil Armstrong|AGOR-27|6}}. Delivered to the Navy on September 23, 2015, it is a modern oceanographic research platform supporting a wide range of activities by academic groups.<ref>{{cite web |title=Navy Announces Research Vessel to be Named in Honor of Neil Armstrong |date=September 24, 2012 |publisher=United States Navy |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=69758 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202044715/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=69758 |archive-date=December 2, 2012}}</ref> In 2019, the College of Engineering at Purdue University celebrated the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's walk on the Moon by launching the Neil Armstrong Distinguished Visiting Fellows Program, which brings highly accomplished scholars and practitioners to the college to catalyze collaborations with faculty and students.<ref>{{cite web |title=Neil Armstrong Distinguished Visiting Fellows |publisher= Purdue University |url=https://engineering.purdue.edu/NADVF |access-date=April 30, 2019}}</ref> | In October 2004 Purdue University named its new engineering building [[Purdue University College of Engineering|Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering]];<ref>{{cite news |last=Holsapple |first=Matt |title=Purdue launching Neil Armstrong Hall for engineering's future |newspaper=Purdue University News |date=October 16, 2004 |url=http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html3month/2004/041016.Jischke.Armstrong.html |access-date=August 28, 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016105510/http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html3month/2004/041016.Jischke.Armstrong.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007}}</ref> the building was dedicated on October 27, 2007, during a ceremony at which Armstrong was joined by fourteen other Purdue astronauts.<ref>{{cite news |last=Venere |first=Emil |title=Neil Armstrong Hall is new home to Purdue engineering |newspaper=Purdue University News |date=October 27, 2007 |url=http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007b/071027CelArmstrongDedication.html |access-date=January 5, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230143412/http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007b/071027CelArmstrongDedication.html |archive-date=December 30, 2007}}</ref> The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center was renamed the NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo46206 |title=An Act to Redesignate the Dryden Flight Research Center as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Western Aeronautical Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range |publisher=US Government Publishing Office |access-date=February 28, 2018}}</ref> In September 2012, the U.S. Navy named the first ''Armstrong''-class vessel {{warship|RV|Neil Armstrong|AGOR-27|6}}. Delivered to the Navy on September 23, 2015, it is a modern oceanographic research platform supporting a wide range of activities by academic groups.<ref>{{cite web |title=Navy Announces Research Vessel to be Named in Honor of Neil Armstrong |date=September 24, 2012 |publisher=United States Navy |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=69758 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202044715/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=69758 |archive-date=December 2, 2012}}</ref> In 2019, the College of Engineering at Purdue University celebrated the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's walk on the Moon by launching the Neil Armstrong Distinguished Visiting Fellows Program, which brings highly accomplished scholars and practitioners to the college to catalyze collaborations with faculty and students.<ref>{{cite web |title=Neil Armstrong Distinguished Visiting Fellows |publisher= Purdue University |url=https://engineering.purdue.edu/NADVF |access-date=April 30, 2019}}</ref> | ||
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In July 2018, Armstrong's sons put his collection of memorabilia up for sale, including his Boy Scout cap, and various flags and medals flown on his space missions. A series of auctions was held on November 1 to 3, 2018, that realized $5,276,320. {{As of|July 2019}}, the auction sales have totaled $16.7{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="NYT_20190727">{{cite news | title='Would Dad Approve?' Neil Armstrong's Heirs Divide Over a Lucrative Legacy |newspaper=The New York Times | date=July 27, 2019 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/us/neil-armstrong-heirs.html | access-date=July 27, 2019 | first1=Scott | last1=Shane | first2=Sarah | last2=Kliff | first3=Susanne | last3=Craig}}</ref> Two fragments of wood from the propeller and four pieces of fabric from the wing of the 1903 ''[[Wright Flyer]]'' that Armstrong took to the Moon fetched between $112,500 and $275,000 each.<ref>{{cite web |title=One giant sale: Neil Armstrong's collection goes to auction |date=July 20, 2018 |first=Lisa |last=Cornwell |website=phys.org |url=https://phys.org/news/2018-07-giant-sale-neil-armstrong-auction.html |access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CAG-certified Armstrong Family Collection Tops $5.2 Million in First Auction |publisher=PMG |date=November 5, 2018 |url=https://www.pmgnotes.com/news/article/6960/ |access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref> Armstrong's wife, Carol, has not put any of his memorabilia up for sale.<ref name="NYT_20190727" /> | In July 2018, Armstrong's sons put his collection of memorabilia up for sale, including his Boy Scout cap, and various flags and medals flown on his space missions. A series of auctions was held on November 1 to 3, 2018, that realized $5,276,320. {{As of|July 2019}}, the auction sales have totaled $16.7{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="NYT_20190727">{{cite news | title='Would Dad Approve?' Neil Armstrong's Heirs Divide Over a Lucrative Legacy |newspaper=The New York Times | date=July 27, 2019 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/us/neil-armstrong-heirs.html | access-date=July 27, 2019 | first1=Scott | last1=Shane | first2=Sarah | last2=Kliff | first3=Susanne | last3=Craig}}</ref> Two fragments of wood from the propeller and four pieces of fabric from the wing of the 1903 ''[[Wright Flyer]]'' that Armstrong took to the Moon fetched between $112,500 and $275,000 each.<ref>{{cite web |title=One giant sale: Neil Armstrong's collection goes to auction |date=July 20, 2018 |first=Lisa |last=Cornwell |website=phys.org |url=https://phys.org/news/2018-07-giant-sale-neil-armstrong-auction.html |access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=CAG-certified Armstrong Family Collection Tops $5.2 Million in First Auction |publisher=PMG |date=November 5, 2018 |url=https://www.pmgnotes.com/news/article/6960/ |access-date=December 16, 2018}}</ref> Armstrong's wife, Carol, has not put any of his memorabilia up for sale.<ref name="NYT_20190727" /> | ||
Armstrong donated his papers to Purdue. Along with posthumous donations by his widow Carol, the collection consists of over 450{{nbsp}}boxes of material. In May 2019, she donated two | Armstrong donated his papers to Purdue. Along with posthumous donations by his widow Carol, the collection consists of over 450{{nbsp}}boxes of material. In May 2019, she donated two | ||
[[File:OH winner.gif|thumb|[[Ohio]]'s [[50 State quarters|50 State quarter]] depicts Armstrong and the [[Wright brothers]]' [[Wright Flyer III]]]] | [[File:OH winner.gif|thumb|[[Ohio]]'s [[50 State quarters|50 State quarter]] depicts Armstrong and the [[Wright brothers]]' [[Wright Flyer III]]]] | ||