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Neil Armstrong Remembered; Hated Being Called Hero

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Neil Armstrong, the Apollo 11 astronaut who became the first man to walk on the moon, was remembered as a hero after his death on Saturday, but he called himself an engineer, and spoke in public to favor further space exploration.

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