Thank you, Ohio!
Ohio's State Motto:
With God, all things are possible
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio Skyline
The Ohio State University Icon
Go Bucks! Because once a Buckeye always a Buckeye!
The Ohio State University Marching Band performs Script Ohio
at The Ohio State University Horseshoe Stadium in Columbus, Ohio
NASA: First footprint on the moon left by Ohio born Astronaut Neil Armstrong. Scientists believe that that footprints on the moon could last at least a million years because there are no winds on the moon.
Commander Neil Alden Armstrong
Apollo 11 Mission to the Moon
Neil Alden Armstrong
August 5, 1930 ~ August 25, 2012
Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, 1930. He began his NASA career in Ohio.
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) in Cleveland.
Over the next 17 years, he was an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NACA and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
As a research pilot at NASA's Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., he was a project pilot on many pioneering high speed aircraft, including the well known, 4000-mph X-15. He has flown over 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 was Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati between 1971-1979. During the years 1982-1992, Armstrong was chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc., Charlottesville, Va.
Biography of Neil Armstrong
Columbus, Ohio skyline by the Scioto River
Cincinnati, Ohio Skyline by the Ohio River at night
Cincinnati, Ohio Skyline
Serpent Mound, Adams County, Ohio
Serpent Mound, in Adams County, Ohio, is a unique site. The winding earthwork, nearly a quarter of a mile long, was apparently built only as an effigy, since it does not cover any burials or remains of structures.
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