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Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is an American former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon.
Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was in the United States Navy and served in the Korean War. After the war, he served as a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station, now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center, where he flew over 900 flights in a variety of aircraft. As a research pilot, Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100 Super Sabre A and C variants, F-101 Voodoo, and the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter. He also flew the Bell X-1B, Bell X-5, North American X-15, F-105 Thunderchief, F-106 Delta Dart, B-47 Stratojet, KC-135 Stratotanker, and was one of eight elite pilots involved in the paraglider research vehicle program (Paresev). He graduated from Purdue University and the University of Southern California.
A participant in the U.S. Air Force's Man In Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs, Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962. His first spaceflight was the NASA Gemini 8 mission in 1966, for which he was the command pilot, becoming one of the first U.S. civilians to fly in space.[citation needed] On this mission, he performed the first manned docking of two spacecraft with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended to the lunar surface and spent 2½ hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in orbit in the Command Module. Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Richard Nixon along with Collins and Aldrin, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by President Jimmy Carter in 1978, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.
Actors: Ronald Reagan (actor), Sean Cameron Michael (actor), William Hurt (actor), Brian Dennehy (actor), Danny Keogh (actor), Kevin McNally (actor), Bruce Greenwood (actor), Joanne Whalley (actress), Cassian Harrison (producer), Langley Kirkwood (actor), Bernadette McDaid (producer), Rocky Collins (producer), Henry Goodman (actor), Laurie Borg (producer), Deborah Adler Myers (producer),
Plot: When Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its flight on the morning of 28 January 1986, it represented one of the most shocking events in the history of American spaceflight. A Presidential Commission was immediately convened to explore what had gone wrong, but with the vast complexity of the space shuttle and so many vested interests involved in the investigation, discovering the truth presented an almost impossible challenge. A truly independent member of the investigation was Richard Feynman. One of the most accomplished scientists of his generation, he worked on the Manhattan Project building the first atom bomb and won the Nobel Prize for his breakthroughs in quantum physics. Feynman deployed exceptional integrity, charm and relentless scientific logic to investigate the secrets of the Shuttle disaster and in doing so, helped make the US Space Programme safer.
Keywords: challenger-tragedy, disaster, feynman, investigation, nasa, space-shuttleActors: Will Smith (actor), Tommy Lee Jones (actor), David Rasche (actor), Bill Hader (actor), Tim Burton (actor), Raymond Mamrak (actor), Raymond Mamrak (actor), Justin Bieber (actor), David Cohen (actor), Rick Baker (actor), Will Arnett (actor), Josh Brolin (actor), Ken Arnold (actor), Rip Torn (actor), Barry Sonnenfeld (actor),
Plot: After breaking out of a moon-based maximum security prison, Boris the Animal decides to go back in time and eliminate the person who arrested him - Agent K. When he does so, Agent J realizes that the time line has been changed and he too travels back to July 15, 1969, the day before Agent K is killed. After overcoming some disbelief, J manages to convince K and others of just who he is and why he's there. With the help of a being who can see all time lines, they track Boris down. J also learns a secret, something K had never told him.
Keywords: 1960s, 1960s-spirit, 2010s, 20th-century, 21st-century, 3-dimensional, 3d, 3d-sequel-to-2d-film, actor-talks-to-audience, alienActors: Mathew Grodsky (writer), Mathew Grodsky (actor), Mathew Grodsky (editor), Mathew Grodsky (director), Mathew Grodsky (producer), Joe Flowers (miscellaneous crew), Joe Flowers (miscellaneous crew), Robert Scerbo (director), Robert Scerbo (actor), Ryan Becker (actor), Makala Close (actress), Laura Scheel (actress), Samantha May (actress), Austin Jenkins (actor), David Feetterer (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Tim Phillips (producer), Jacob Perlmutter (writer), Jacob Perlmutter (director), Dave Fernandez (actor), Louis Maunder (writer), Alex Cook (composer),
Genres: History, Short,Actors: Tyrese Gibson (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), Walter Cronkite (actor), Kevin Dunn (actor), John DiMaggio (actor), Patrick Dempsey (actor), George Coe (actor), Buzz Aldrin (actor), Peter Cullen (actor), Josh Duhamel (actor), Charles Adler (actor), Elya Baskin (actor), George Coe (actor), Jess Harnell (actor), Matthew James Gulbranson (actor),
Plot: Autobots Bumblebee, Ratchet, Ironhide, Mirage (aka Dino), Wheeljack (aka Que) and Sideswipe led by Optimus Prime, are back in action taking on the evil Decepticons, who are eager to avenge their recent defeat. The Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the United States and Russia, to reach a hidden Cybertronian spacecraft on the moon and learn its secrets, and once again Sam Witwicky has to come to the aid of his robot friends. The new villain Shockwave is on the scene while the Autobots and Decepticons continue to battle it out on Earth.
Keywords: 1960s, 2010s, 20th-century, 21st-century, 3-dimensional, 3d, abandoned-town, accountant, africa, african-elephantActors: Jean Claude Ricquebourg (actor), Artur Rodríguez (actor), Daniel Serra (director), Daniel Serra (writer), Daniel Serra (producer), Daniel Serra (editor), Jaume Español (producer), Sergi Martínez (actor), Françoise Greenacre (actress), Xavier Bellet (actor), Xavier Fonoll (producer), Jordi Basulto (composer), Jordi Basulto (composer), Jaume Español (editor), Xavier Fonoll (editor),
Plot: This mockumentary shows us what would have happened if man wouldn't have reached the Moon. Everything takes place in Shepperton Studios (London); several days before Saturn V rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida (USA). Recorded in making of style and mixed with the thoughts of professional technicians of "Agrupació Astronòmica de Sabadell".
Keywords: apollo-11, buzz-aldrin, moon, neil-armstrong, stanley-kubrickActors: David Hayles (actor), Basil Stephens (producer), Adrian Meehan (composer), Laurie Hill (director), Matthew Butson (actor), Mike Blackwell (composer),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Short,Actors: Daniel Hall (producer), Buzz Aldrin (actor), Michael J. Reynolds (actor), Neil Armstrong (actor), William Hope (actor), Colin Stinton (actor), Andrew Lincoln (actor), Nigel Whitmey (actor), Martin McDougall (actor), Trevor White (actor), Richard Dillane (actor), James Marsters (actor), Daniel Lapaine (actor), Richard Dale (director), Richard Dale (producer),
Plot: Man's landing on the moon was our greatest technological achievement. The Apollo 11 mission was truly the stuff of dreams. For the first time, our species walked on another celestial body. Even more remarkable was their ability to make it back. This is the story of the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing. Drama with digitally remastered original footage.
Keywords: 1960s, apollo-11, apollo-program, astronaut, bare-chested-male, explosion, heroism, lunar-mission, male-in-shower, moonActors: George Shaw (composer), Alex Kreuzwieser (actor), Clyde J. Bruff (actor), Dan Barnhill (actor), Kevin Stewart (miscellaneous crew), Debra Lynn Hull (actress), Howard Paley (actor), Ryan Sheffer (writer), J.P. Bolles (editor), J.P. Bolles (director), J.P. Bolles (writer), Mark Tydell (actor), Christopher P. Noonan (actor), Ariana Erwood (producer), Lex White (producer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Kevin Pollak (actor), John Corbett (actor), Bryan Cranston (actor), Barry Pepper (actor), Rick Gomez (actor), Matt Damon (actor), Tom Hanks (actor), Morgan Freeman (actor), Scott Glenn (actor), Bill Paxton (actor), Tim Matheson (actor), Matthew McConaughey (actor), Neal McDonough (actor), Paul Newman (actor), Peter Scolari (actor),
Plot: This program strives to give the viewer an impression of what it is like to actually be on the moon. It provides a romantic, inspirational depiction of the Apollo astronauts travels on the moon peppered by their quotations of their impressions.
Keywords: 3-dimensional, 3d-in-title, american-flag, apollo-1, apollo-mission, archival-footage, astronaut, begins-with-a-quotation, contingency-plan, digit-in-titleThe world such a funny place I laugh every day,
my body won't move and my mind won't stay, my mind won't
stay.
I'm floating out now, until my body's gone.
I'm so far away like Neil Armstrong, like Neil Armstrong,
Buzz, John, (?), Uri Gagarin.
There's time to be free, it's too short to be lonely.
Accost someone you like in a lift or a street,
let them burn right through you with their eyes
because they know you're spineless and that you would
flop under pressure.
And you used to have all these ideas about love and waste
and the end of the world and how to do things,
and to look at you now and feel good that I'm me has to
be the best feeling I've ever had,
the best feeling I've ever had, the best feeling I've
ever had.
I'm floating out now, 'til my body's gone
I'm so far away like Neil Armstrong.
Now I'm in the middle of a hole in the sky.