Forty-five years after he became the first man to walk on the moon, NASA has honored the engineering research legacy of Neil Armstrong by naming a building at the Kennedy Space Center after him.
According to NBC News, the Operations and Checkout Building at the center will now bear the astronaut's name, with the agency holding a ceremony on July 21st to mark the occasion. Armstrong, who passed away in August 2012, was arguably one of the most famous people in American history, and while he shied away from publicity, he was widely recognized as a pioneering aerospace engineer by his peers and former Apollo 11 crew mates.
Speaking at the dedication event, Michael Collins - who orbited the moon while Armstrong took his giant steps - praised his "powerful combination of curiosity and intelligence," while noting that the astronaut had an uncanny understanding of the engineering research and development that went into building flight machinery.
"I very much like the fact that this building will bear his name in his honor," Collins said, according to Orlando's News 13. "He would very much not have sought it. It was not his style. But, I think he would like to have his name so closely associated with this, the heart and the soul of the space business."
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