Neil Armstrong Lunar Lander Training Crash
On May 6, 1968, Neil Armstrong was
piloting a Lunar Landing Research Vehicle
(LLRV-1) at Ellington Air Force Base near
Houston. The vehicle had been designed to
simulate landing on the Moon. He was
forced to eject after an unanticipated
loss of helium used to pressurize the fuel
tanks caused a total failure of his flight
controls. Armstrong was uninjured other
than a badly bitten tongue. The lunar
landing training crash video shows his
narrow escape from death.
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