Neil Armstrong Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
NEIL ARMSTRONG
Born: August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio
Died: August 25, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Died: August 25, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Neil A. Armstrong
NASA Astronaut (deceased)
PERSONAL DATA: Born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Married. Two sons. Died on August 25, 2012.
EDUCATION: Armstrong received a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California. He held honorary doctorates from multiple universities.
SPECIAL HONORS: Armstrong was a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the Royal Aeronautical Society and an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the International Astronautics Federation.
Armstrong was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco. He served as a member of the National Commission on Space (1985 to 1986), as Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (1986) and as Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Peace Corps (1971 to 1973).
Armstrong was decorated by 17 countries. He was the recipient of many special honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the Explorers Club Medal, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the Harmon International Aviation Trophy, the Royal Geographic Society's Gold Medal, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale's Gold Space Medal, the American Astronautical Society Flight Achievement Award, the Robert J. Collier Trophy, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Astronautics Award, the Octave Chanute Award and the John J. Montgomery Award.
EXPERIENCE: After serving as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1955. His first assignment was with the NACA Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn Research Center) in Cleveland. Over the next 17 years, he was an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NACA and its successor agency, NASA.
He was Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati between 1971 and 1979. During the years 1982 to 1992, Armstrong was chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc., Charlottesville, Virginia.
NASA EXPERIENCE: As a research pilot at NASA's Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, Armstrong was a project pilot on many pioneering high speed aircraft, including the well known, 4000-mph X-15. He flew more than 200 different models of aircraft, including jets, rockets, helicopters and gliders.
Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962. He was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission. Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space.
As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface.
Armstrong subsequently held the position of Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. In this position, he was responsible for the coordination and management of overall NASA research and technology work related to aeronautics.
He resigned from NASA in 1971.
NASA Astronaut (deceased)
PERSONAL DATA: Born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Married. Two sons. Died on August 25, 2012.
EDUCATION: Armstrong received a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University and a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Southern California. He held honorary doctorates from multiple universities.
SPECIAL HONORS: Armstrong was a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the Royal Aeronautical Society and an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the International Astronautics Federation.
Armstrong was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco. He served as a member of the National Commission on Space (1985 to 1986), as Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident (1986) and as Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Peace Corps (1971 to 1973).
Armstrong was decorated by 17 countries. He was the recipient of many special honors, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Congressional Gold Medal, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the Explorers Club Medal, the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, the Harmon International Aviation Trophy, the Royal Geographic Society's Gold Medal, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale's Gold Space Medal, the American Astronautical Society Flight Achievement Award, the Robert J. Collier Trophy, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Astronautics Award, the Octave Chanute Award and the John J. Montgomery Award.
EXPERIENCE: After serving as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1955. His first assignment was with the NACA Lewis Research Center (now NASA Glenn Research Center) in Cleveland. Over the next 17 years, he was an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NACA and its successor agency, NASA.
He was Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati between 1971 and 1979. During the years 1982 to 1992, Armstrong was chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc., Charlottesville, Virginia.
NASA EXPERIENCE: As a research pilot at NASA's Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, Armstrong was a project pilot on many pioneering high speed aircraft, including the well known, 4000-mph X-15. He flew more than 200 different models of aircraft, including jets, rockets, helicopters and gliders.
Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962. He was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission. Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space.
As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing mission, Armstrong gained the distinction of being the first man to land a craft on the moon and first to step on its surface.
Armstrong subsequently held the position of Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. In this position, he was responsible for the coordination and management of overall NASA research and technology work related to aeronautics.
He resigned from NASA in 1971.
2012 Ancient Aliens (Other), 2012 America's Book of Secrets (in person), 1997 Was It Only a Paper Moon (Other), 2009 NASA: Triumph and Tragedy (in person), 2009 The Apollo Years (in person), 2007 Mars Rising (in person), 1978 A Salute to American Imagination (in person), 1969 The Sky at Night (in person), 2011 Doctor Who (Other), 2009 Cosmonaut (Other), 2009 Moonshot (Other), 2009 The 23rd Annual Midsouth Emmy Awards (Other), 2009 Apollo Zero (Other), 2008 When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (Other), 2007 In the Shadow of the Moon (Other), 2005 Movies That Shook the World (Other), 2005 First on the Moon: The Untold Story (Other), 2004 Naked Science (Other), 2003 Unsere Besten (Other), 2000 What Happened on the Moon - An Investigation Into Apollo (Other), 1997 Thrill Ride: The Science of Fun (Other), 1995 Apollo 13 (Other), 1979 Time After Time (Other), 2013 Warehouse 13 (Other), 1989 The Moon Above, the Earth Below (Other), 1981 The Man Who Saw Tomorrow (Other), 2010 Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (Performer), 2009 The Third Foot An Interview with Buzz Aldrin (in person), 2008 Naked Science (in person), 2005 How Art Made the World (in person), 2003 Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers' Journey of Invention (in person), 1990 The Other Side of the Moon (in person), 1970 The Bob Hope Christmas Special (in person), 2013 The UFO Experience (Other), 2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (Other), 2012 Here I Stand (Other), 2009 Reaching Tranquility: The 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Lunar (Other), 2008 Nova (Other), 2007 Secrets of the Moon Landings (Other), 2007 The Wonder of It All (Other), 2003 Days That Shook the World (Other), 2000 The Dish (Other), 1999 A Walk on the Moon (Other), 1999 The Century: America's Time (Other), 1997 Contact (Other), 1994 Forrest Gump (Other), 1992 The Simpsons (Other), 2007 TimeShift (Other), 1976 I, Tintin (Other), 2009 40 Years on the Moon (Other), 2008-2009 When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (in person), 2008 Moon Machines (in person), 2007 The New 7 Wonders of the World (in person), 2004 One Small Step for Man (in person), 1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (in person), 1993 Tornadoes: The Entity (in person), 1993 The Tribute: Mercury, Gemini, Apollo & Skylab (in person), 1974 The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Bob Hope (in person), 1970 Moonwalk One (in person), 2012 One Giant Leap: A Neil Armstrong Tribute (Other), 2007 Tank on the Moon (Other), 2006 The Minerva Awards 2006: Sally Ride (Other), 2006 60 Minutes (Other), 2005 Beyond the Moon: Failure Is Not an Option 2 (Other), 2003 Failure Is Not an Option (Other), 1989 For All Mankind (Other), 1988 Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (Other), 1983 A Good Turn Daily (Other), 1980 Bob Hope's Overseas Christmas Tours: Around the World with the (Other), 2013 America's Book of Secrets (Other), 2003 The Truth Behind the Moon Landings: Stranger Than Fiction (Other), 2008 Fly Me to the Moon 3D (in person), 2014 Kill Your Killer (Other), 2003 Sea of Silence (Other), 2010 Talk im Hangar-7 (in person), 2005 60 Minutes (in person), 1991 First Flights with Neil Armstrong (in person), 1987 Biography (in person), 1987 Future Flight (in person), 1970 The 12th Annual TV Week Logie Awards (in person), 1969 Kuustudio (in person), 2012 Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon (Other), 2010 Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV (Other), 2009 Regreso a la Luna (Other), 2008 Cold Case (Other), 2007 The Mars Underground (Other), 2005 Conquering Space: The Moon and Beyond (Other), 2003 Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked (Other), 2002 Superstructures of America (Other), 2001 The Poor Ones and One Small Step (Other), 1999 The Planets (Other), 1997 Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (Other), 1989 Moontrap (Other), 1988 The 1960's: Music, Memories & Milestones (Other)
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A piece of space flight history, this 11x14 photograph of the powerful X-15 has been signed by eight of it's twelve pilots; Peter Knight, Milt Thompson, Bob White, Joe Engle, Bill Dana, Scott Crossfield, and first man on the moon Neil Armstrong! read more...Sale Price $7,012.50
$8,250.00
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NEIL ARMSTRONG Two years before his first spaceflight, and five years before he set the first human foot on the moon, Armstrong fills out a flight plan, preparing to pilot a NASA jet from Ohio to Texas. Document signed twice: "N. A. Armstrong", 1 page, 8x12¾. read more...Sale Price $4,462.50
$5,250.00
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This remarkable document, from 1974, is a piece of Neil Armstrong's career after he retired from NASA in 1971. It's a class list from the University of Cincinnati, where he was a professor of aeronautical engineering for eight years. An illuminating piece from Armstrong's post-NASA career. Official documents signed by Armstrong are extremely scarce! read more...Sale Price $3,187.50
$3,750.00
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APOLLO 11: NEIL ARMSTRONG and MICHAEL COLLINS Framed 26x26 display featuring signed space suit fabric with the mission patch Ephemera signed: "Neil Armstrong", "Michael Collins", 6x6 strip of space suit fabric bearing 3¼-diameter Apollo 11 mission patch. read more...Sale Price $5,312.50
$6,250.00
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NEIL ARMSTRONG He didn't make a sand trap shot on the Moon, but the first man to walk there signs a golf ball. Golf Ball signed: "Neil Armstrong". Imprinted: "Midflight/[graphic of jet]/3". On July 20, 1969, Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon's surface. read more...Sale Price $1,870.00
$2,200.00
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NEIL ARMSTRONG Official NASA photograph of the first man to walk on the Moon Inscribed Printed Photograph Signed in Ink: "To Harold Klein/All Good Wishes/Neil Armstrong" in upper left. Autopen signature at right. Color, 8x10. Official NASA photograph. Captioned in lower margin and on verso. . read more...Sale Price $1,700.00
$2,000.00
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NEIL ARMSTRONG Official NASA photograph of the first man to walk on the Moon Inscribed Printed Photograph Signed in Ink: "To Russell Haber-/Neil Armstrong". Color, 8x10. Official NASA photograph. Captioned in lower margin and on verso. read more...Sale Price $1,450.00
$2,000.00
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GOLF: 1987 CELEBRITY TOURNAMENT 13x16 color poster mount signed by 29 celebrities for the Hilton Head Island Celebrity Golf Tournament. Poster Mount signed: "Neil Armstrong", "Johnny Bench", "Gale read more...Sale Price $2,380.00
$2,800.00
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NEIL ARMSTRONG Official NASA photograph of the first man to walk on the Moon Printed Photograph Signed in Ink: "Neil Armstrong". Color, 8x10. Official NASA photograph. Captioned in lower margin and on verso. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon's surface. read more...Sale Price $4,462.50
$5,250.00
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GERALD R. FORD, JIMMY CARTER, NEIL ARMSTRONG and ALAN JAY LERNER Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Cart, Neil Armstrong, and Alan Jay Lerner sign a color publicity photograph. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Bill -/Regards/Alan Jay Lerner", "Jimmy Carter", "Best wishes to/Mr. W. read more...Sale Price $1,700.00
$2,000.00
