{"id":3237,"date":"2012-08-31T14:42:06","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T19:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=3237"},"modified":"2012-09-02T11:37:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-02T16:37:26","slug":"3237","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=3237","title":{"rendered":"Crewmates, Space Pioneers, Honor Neil Armstrong"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CINCINNATI (AP Aug 31, 2012) – Fellow space pioneers including two crewmates on the historic Apollo 11 mission mourned and celebrated Neil Armstrong as a humble hero who saw himself as a team player and never capitalized upon his celebrity as the first man to walk on the moon.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hundreds of people attended a closed service Friday at a private suburban Cincinnati club.<\/p>\n

A national memorial service has been scheduled for Sept. 12 in Washington, although no other details have been released.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Armstrong died Saturday at age 82.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Among some 10 former astronauts attending Friday were John Glenn and Armstrong’s crew for the 1969 moon landing, Edward “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins.
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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Four Navy fighter planes flew over at the end of the service, one flying upward in tribute to the former Navy pilot who flew combat missions in Korea.<\/p>\n

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Photo taken from Jamestown, ND on eve of Armstrong’s death.\u00a0\u00a0 Roy Sheppard CSi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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