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PBS NewsHour | Neil Armstrong: Reluctant, Modest Hero Who Inspired Nation | PBS

Duration: 05:27
Program: PBS NewsHour #10441
Broadcast Date: Aug. 27, 2012

Though known for making a "giant leap for mankind," when Neil Armstrong stepped on the surface of the moon, he later said that he "didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small." Science correspondent Miles O'Brien remembers the life of one of the most inspiring astronauts in U.S. history.

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Post Date: August 27, 2012