Neil Armstrong Signed Photograph.

ARMSTRONG, Neil.

Item Number: 122680

Rare original photograph on Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins arriving in Bangkok during the Apollo 11 World Tour. Signed on the mount by Neil Armstrong. On September 29, 1969, at the request of President Richard Nixon, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin, and each of their wives embarked on the Apollo 11 World Tour. Nicknamed “Giant Leap” by NASA, the tour stopped in 24 countries with the intention of promoting the space exploration program as a peaceful project that would benefit all nations. In near fine condition. An uncommon signed image.

American astronaut and aeronautical engineer Neil Armstrong joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in 1962. He made his first spaceflight as command pilot of Gemini 8 in March 1966, becoming NASA's first civilian astronaut to fly in space. During this mission with pilot David Scott, he performed the first docking of two spacecraft; the mission was aborted after Armstrong used some of his re-entry control fuel to stabilize a dangerous roll caused by a stuck thruster. During training for Armstrong's second and last spaceflight as commander of Apollo 11, he had to eject from the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle moments before a crash. On July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Apollo 11 Lunar Module pilot Buzz Aldrin became the first people to land on the Moon, and the next day they spent two and a half hours outside the spacecraft while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the mission's command module. Along with Collins and Aldrin, Armstrong was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard Nixon. President Jimmy Carter presented Armstrong with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 1978, and Armstrong and his former crewmates received a Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.