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Neil Armstrong
About Neil Armstrong :
On July 16, 1969, Neil Alden Armstrong, along with Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., and Michael Collins, blasted off in the Apollo 11 vehicle toward the Moon. Four days later, at 4:18 PM, U.S. Eastern Daylight Time, the "Eagle" lunar landing module, guided manually by Armstrong, touched down on a plain near the southwestern edge of the Sea of Tranquillity. At 10:56 PM EDT, July 20, 1969, Armstrong stepped from the "Eagle" onto the Moon's dusty surface with the words, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, was born August 5, 1930 in Auglaize County near Wapakoneta, Ohio. Even as a young child, Armstrong was fascinated with aviation and experimented with model airplanes and a home-built wind tunnel. He began flying lessons in an Aeronca Champion at the age of fifteen, and by sixteen acquired his student pilot's license.
In 1947, Armstrong enrolled at Purdue University on a Navy scholarship to pursue a degree in aeronautical engineering, but in 1949 the Navy called him to active duty. As a navy pilot, he flew seventy-eight combat missions and received three medals for his military service.
Armstrong returned to Purdue in 1952 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He later received a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of California.
ln 1955, Armstrong joined the NACA Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratories (now NASA Lewis Research Center) in Cleveland, Ohio. For the next seventeen years, he worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), as engineer, astronaut, administrator, and test pilot. From Cleveland, Armstrong proceeded to Edwards Air Force base in California, where he worked as a test pilot and engineer.
NASA chose Armstrong to be an astronaut in 1962, and his first assignment was as backup command pilot for the Gemini V mission. In 1966, he became command pilot of the Gemini VIII and successfully completed the first rendezvous and docking in space.
Armstrong was the commander of the Apollo Xl mission to the moon in 1969. Buzz Aldrin joined him on the moon’s surface, and they spent two and one-half hours collecting samples, doing experiments, and taking photographs on the lunar surface. Armstrong received numerous awards and medals for his achievements, including the Medal of Freedom, the highest award a United States civilian can receive.
In 1971, Armstrong resigned from NASA and moved back to Ohio where he was a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati from 1971-79. Currently, Armstrong resides in Ohio, where he is chairman of CTA, Inc., a computing systems company.
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One Small Step For Man, One Giant Leap For Mankind
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Books by Neil Armstrong :
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Neil Armstrong : A Space Biography
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One Giant Leap - The Story of Neil Armstrong
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