Bobak ferdowsi nasa biography of neil

  • Charlie Bolden, NASA's adminstrator, said of Armstrong “Neil will always be remembered for taking human kind's first small step on a world.
  • Moderated by actor Seth Green, the panel includes Aldrin, NASA Planetary Science Division Director Jim Green, JPL systems engineer Bobak Ferdowsi, and NASA.
  • Although Ferdowsi, flight engineer for the Mars Rover mission, has become a celebrity himself and Internet sensation following the landing of.

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    Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on the moon, dies at 82

    CINCINNATI — Neil Armstrong was a soft-spoken engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon. The modest man, who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter-million miles away, but credited others for the feat, died Saturday. He was 82.

    Armstrong died following complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures, his family said in a statement. Armstrong had had a bypass operation this month, according to NASA. His family didn't say where he died; he had lived in suburban Cincinnati.

    Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11 spacecraft that landed on the moon July 20, 1969, capping the most daring of the 20th century's scientific expeditions. His first words after becoming the first person to set foot on the surface are etched in history books and the memories of those who heard them in a live broadcast.

    "That's one small st

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    NASA Updates Apollo Anniversary, Next Giant Leap Events

    NASA has updated events that are marking the 45th anniversary of the first måne landing and the steps being taken for America’s next giant leap to send astronauts to Mars.

    NASA’s Apollo 11 crew landed on the moon July 20, 1969. The world watched 45 years ago as astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set their lunar module Eagle down in the Sea of Tranquility, while crewmate Michael Collins orbited above in the command module Columbia. The agency is commemorating Armstrong’s “one giant leap for mankind” through a number of events across, and above, the United States, as well as on the agency’s website and NASA Television.

    NASA’s exhibits and discussions at the Intrepid Space and Science Festival at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York run through Sunday, July 20. For more information about the festival, visit

    http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/SpaceandScienceFestival.aspx

    Also on Sunday starting at 10:39 p.m.,

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    SAN DIEGO >> Science fiction and science fantasy have always had a place at San Diego Comic-Con International. Fans of “Star Wars,” “Star Trek” and “Battlestar Galactica,” among others, flood the San Diego Convention Center floor year after year.

    Attendees of this year’s convention were able to meet real-life space cowboys, including Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the moon, and NASA’s Mohawk Guy, Bobak Ferdowsi. The two brought plenty of science fact to the convention with a panel celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 11 uppdrag on Thursday.

    “I really like space exploration and came here for this,” said Michael Diaz, who traveled from New Mexico, as he pulled the visor of his replica astronaut space suit down to take a picture with Aldrin’s name card.

    Diaz works for the New Mexico Museum of Space History and was encouraged to attend the convention by his co-workers.

    “When I tol