{"id":23561,"date":"2013-11-07T13:29:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T17:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=23561"},"modified":"2014-07-28T09:08:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T13:08:25","slug":"armstrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2013\/11\/armstrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Armstrong: Engineer, Pilot, Astronaut, Teacher; the Neil Armstrong Commemorative Website"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Neil Armstrong teaching at the UC College of Engineering, in 1974<\/p><\/div>\n

Did you know that Neil Armstrong was a professor at the University of Cincinnati after being the first man to walk on the moon?<\/p>\n

To further preserve Armstrong’s accomplishments and specifically celebrate his years from 1971-1979 as a professor and researcher in aerospace engineering at the university, the UC Libraries created a dynamic commemorative website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photographs, personal remembrances and multimedia from NASA and his students alike, give a much broader perspective on his lifetime achievements and personal insight into who he was as an engineer, pilot, astronaut and teacher.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that the website will serve both as a tribute to the life and achievements of Neil Armstrong as well as a place for learning and inspiration for students, scholars and anyone interested in the life and career of Mr. Armstrong,\u201d said Xuemao Wang, UC Libraries dean and university\u00a0librarian as well as chair of the Neil Armstrong Commemorative Task Force. \u201cMr. Armstrong was a true American hero and remains an inspiration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visit www.uc.edu\/armstrong<\/a> to explore the commemorative website.\u00a0 Follow an interactive timeline of Neil Armstrong’s life and career. Explore 3D-like images that can be rotated or enlarged, and discover more documents, correspondence and photographs available to view online in the digital collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new\u00a0website is part of a university-wide commemoration of Neil Armstrong and a larger effort to promote space-based research.\u00a0The university\u00a0announced the vision for a Neil Armstrong Space Science Institute and an important research partnership with NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center.\u00a0 In addition,\u00a0a new award<\/a> and scholarship were created in\u00a0Neil Armstrong’s\u00a0honor. <\/b>An\u00a0exhibit titled \u201cNeil Armstrong: The Life and Flight of a Reluctant Hero,\u201d designed by the UC Architect\u2019s office, runs through Nov. 27 in UC\u2019s Philip M. Meyers Jr. Memorial Gallery in the Steger Student Life Center.\u00a0 For more information about these initiatives, see http:\/\/www.uc.edu\/news\/NR.aspx?id=18747<\/a>.
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Information about the contributors to the website and digital collection can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Lunar map showing landing site for Apollo 8 flight, 1968<\/p><\/div>\n

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Armstrong’s Aviators Flight Log Book, from 1949<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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