If I sought a meeting with the bosses at NASA to tell them they had a duty to prove their astronauts really did walk on the moon, you might conclude I'm lending credence to the "perception".

BBC: Perception and reality

Honour his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink.

BBC: Neil Armstrong: 'Diffident' emissary of mankind

In May he joined with Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon, to support the opening of a new National Flight Academy that will teach math and science to young people through an aviation-oriented camp.

FORBES: Neil Armstrong's Immortal Footprint

Among the artifacts to be included: a transistor, Louis Armstrong's trumpet, a shard of the dismantled Berlin Wall, a photo of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, and a film of Neil Armstrong's first walk on the moon.

CNN: Clinton toasts 2000 at White House VIP dinner