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This blowing dust became increasingly thicker. It was very much like landing in a fast moving ground fog.

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Neil Armstrong
Age: 81 †
Born: 1930
Born: January 1
Died: 2012
Died: January 1
Aerospace Engineer
Astronaut
Test Pilot
United States Naval Aviator
University Teacher
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Neil Alden Armstrong
Neil A. Armstrong
Armstrong
Increasingly
Dust
Fast
Ground
Thicker
Became
Apollo
Moving
Fog
Much
Landing
Like
Blowing

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