I Iulai 1969, Armstrong ma Apollo 11 Lunar Module pailate Buzz Aldrin na avea ma muamua tagata e tulaueleele i luga o le Moon, ma faaaluina lua ma le afa itula i fafo atu o le vaʻa vaʻalele aʻo tumau pea Michael Collins i le masina taʻamilosaga i le poloaiga ma le tautua module. Ina ua laa Armstrong i luga o le masina luga, na ia lauiloa fai mai: "O se tasi laʻasaga laʻititi mo [a] tagata, tasi osooso tele mo tagata soifua. " Faʻatasi ai ma Collins ma Aldrin, na faʻamanuiaina Armstrong i le Presidential Medal of Freedom e Peresitene Richard Nixon. Peresitene Jimmy Carter tuuina Armstrong ma le Congressional Space Medal of Honor i le 1978, ma Armstrong ma ana paaga muamua na mauaina se Congressional Gold Medal i le 2009.
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