The US Senate has passed legislation renaming the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center after Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot upon the Moon, who died on 25 August 2012. Named after NASA's first deputy administrator, Hugh L Dryden, the facility will be known as the Neil A Armstrong Flight Research Center while the Western Aeronautical Test Range will be renamed the High L Dryden Aeronautical Test Range. The legislation had been introduced by Congressman Kevin McCarthy.
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机译：美国参议院已通过立法，将第一个踏上月球的人尼尔·阿姆斯特朗（Neil Armstrong）于2012年8月25日去世，此举重命名了美国宇航局德莱顿飞行研究中心。该设施以美国宇航局首任副局长休·莱德莱顿命名，改名为尼尔·阿姆斯特朗（Neil A Armstrong）飞行研究中心，而西部航空试验场将更名为高德赖登航空试验场。这项立法是由国会议员凯文·麦卡锡（Kevin McCarthy）提出的。
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