neil armstrong received the presidential medal of freedom at the official state dinner.
neil armstrong received the presidential medal of freedom at the official state dinner.
on what date did neil armstrong received the presidential medal of freedom?
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armstrong received many honors and awards, including the presidential medal of freedom (with distinction) from president nixon, the cullum geographical medal from the american geographical society, and the collier trophy from the national aeronautic association (1969); the nasa distinguished service medal and the dr. robert h. goddard memorial trophy (1970); the sylvanus thayer award by the united states military academy (1971); the congressional space medal of honor from president jimmy carter (1978); the wright brothers memorial trophy from the national aeronautic association (2001); and a congressional gold medal (2011).
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a few people in the astronaut office, including walter cunningham, felt that armstrong and scott "had botched their first mission". there was speculation that armstrong could have salvaged the mission if he had turned on only one of the two rcs rings, saving the other for mission objectives. these criticisms were unfounded; no malfunction procedures had been written, and it was possible to turn on only both rcs rings, not one or the other. gene kranz wrote, "the crew reacted as they were trained, and they reacted wrong because we trained them wrong." the mission planners and controllers had failed to realize that when two spacecraft were docked, they must be considered one spacecraft. kranz considered this the mission's most important lesson. armstrong was depressed that the mission was cut short, canceling most mission objectives and robbing scott of his eva. the agena was later reused as a docking target by gemini 10. armstrong and scott received the nasa exceptional service medal, and the air force awarded scott the distinguished flying cross as well. scott was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and armstrong received a $678 raise in pay to $21,653 a year (), making him nasa's highest-paid astronaut.
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