Astronaut Gene Cernan, right, pats Shane DiGiovanna on the back as he is introduced, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012, during a news conference at Children's Hospital in Cincinnati. AP Photo/Al Behrman)

CINCINNATI (AP) — Two fellow lunar pioneers helped launch a children’s health fund Friday in memory of Neil Armstrong, whom they praised as an inspirational team player, a humble hero.

Eugene Cernan and James Lovell spoke at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center a few hours before a private service in suburban Cincinnati for Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, who died Saturday at 82. A national memorial service in Washington is being planned within the next two weeks; President Barack Obama ordered U.S. flags to fly at half-staff to honor Armstrong.

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