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U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) has had many distinguished visitors over the years, but none as out-of-this-world as astronaut Neil Armstrong (left), the first man to walk on the moon.
Nineteen months after taking his giant leap for mankind, in February 1971 the Apollo 11 commander visited YPG to witness testing of the AH-56 Cheyenne attack helicopter, where he was joined by then-congressman Lucien Nedzi (right) of Michigan.
Though the AH-56 was cancelled by the Army the following year, the program was a boon to aviation testing at YPG, as it brought about the construction of a substantial amount of infrastructure like laser and optical tracking sites.
YPG has done testing for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) since 1966, when the mobility test article (MTA), a precursor to the lunar rover, came here for engineer design evaluations.
| Date Taken: | 02.10.1971 |
| Date Posted: | 07.20.2021 15:54 |
| Photo ID: | 6741949 |
| VIRIN: | 750625-D-GD000-000 |
| Resolution: | 941x741 |
| Size: | 445 KB |
| Location: | YUMA PROVING GROUND, ARIZONA, US |
| Web Views: | 44 |
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