美国宇航员尼尔·阿姆斯特朗位于俄亥俄州瓦帕科内塔的童年故居正式上市出售，这是该房产近40年来的首次挂牌[1]。这栋位于601 W. Benton St.的房子见证了阿姆斯特朗早年的飞行梦想：他在这里用胶合木板制作飞机模型，并自己建造了地下风洞进行试验[1]。阿姆斯特朗一家于1944年购买该房产[1]，他在16岁时获得了飞行执照[1]，20年后实现了首次太空飞行[1]。
现任业主卡伦·米克塞尔是一位退休历史教师，自1988年起拥有该房产[1]。多年来，米克塞尔精心保护了这处历史遗产，接待过包括巴兹·奥尔德林在内的9位宇航员前来参观[1]。房产的挂牌价格为43万美元[1]。2012年去世的阿姆斯特朗曾于1969年月球登陆后在辛辛那提大学任教[1]，现任业主希望能找到有责任心的新主人来延续这处房产的历史遗产[1]。
The Ohio childhood home of astronaut Neil Armstrong has been put on the market for the first time in nearly four decades, offering a rare opportunity to own a property central to the pioneering aviator's early life.[1] Located at 601 W. Benton St. in Wapakoneta, Ohio, the house is where Armstrong built aircraft models from plywood and constructed an underground wind tunnel to test his designs as a young dreamer of flight.[1] The Armstrong family purchased the property in 1944, and it stands as a tangible connection to the formative years of the man who would become the first person to walk on the moon.[1]
The current owner, retired history teacher Karen Mixell, acquired the home in 1988 and has maintained it with meticulous care, preserving its historical significance while welcoming visits from fellow astronauts including Buzz Aldrin.[1] Over her tenure, the property has hosted nine astronauts in total, serving informally as a pilgrimage site for those connected to space exploration history.[1] The home is being offered at $430,000, with Mixell expressing hope that the new owner will continue to honor Armstrong's legacy and the house's importance to American space history.[1] Armstrong obtained his pilot's license at age 16 and conducted his first spaceflight two decades later, eventually landing on the moon in 1969 before later teaching at the University of Cincinnati.[1] Armstrong passed away in 2012.[1]