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The Armstrong Air and Space Museum is a museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio the hometown of Neil Armstrong, first man to set foot on the moon. The museum chronicles Ohio's contributions to the history of space flight. Among the items on display are an F5D Skylancer, the Gemini VIII spacecraft in which he flew, Apollo 11 artifacts and a moon rock. In the museum's Astro-theater, multimedia presentations of the sights and sounds of space unfold against a starry background. Wapakoneta is a city in and the county seat of Auglaize CountyGR6, Ohio, United States with a population of 9,474 as of the 2000 U.S. census. ... This article is about the former American astronaut. ... The Douglas F5D Skylancer was a development of the F4D Skyray for the United States Navy. ... Gemini 8 (officially Gemini VIII) was a 1966 manned spaceflight in NASAs Gemini program. ... Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. ... Lunar Ferroan Anorthosite #60025 (Plagioclase Feldspar). ...
The Armstrong Museum is located just west of I-75 at exit 111 (Bellefontaine Street) in Wapakoneta. Interstate 75 is an interstate highway in the midwest and southeastern United States. ...
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