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August 25, 2012

Neil Armstrong, first man on the Moon and a Purdue graduate, dies at 82. Find the place and the precise coordinates of the Apollo 11 mission landing site on Google Earth map to remember him.

Apollo 11 landing site in Google Moon
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong died on August 25 of heart failure following surgery. A former military pilot, he landed the moon landing module with only 16 seconds of fuel left. A Purdue undergraduate student (as was the last man on the moon, ) and a native of Ohio, Neil Armstrong is the product of a time and place that knew tried the limits of being human.

Download this KMZ file and open in Google Earth, using the Google Moon layer to see the Apollo 11 landing site on the moon

 

. You will see the landing site in 3D, as shown below.

Apollo 11 landing site in Google Moon
Apollo 11 landing site in Google Moon