Neil armstrong biography
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Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer (–)
For other uses, see Neil Armstrong (disambiguation).
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, &#;– August 25, ) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, in , became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.
Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He entered Purdue University, studying aeronautical engineering, with the U.S. Navy paying his tuition under the Holloway Plan. He became a midshipman in and a naval aviator the following year. He saw action in the Korean War, flying the Grumman F9F Panther from the aircraft carrierUSS&#;Essex. After the war, he completed his bachelor's degree at Purdue and became a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base in California. He was the project pilot on Century Series fighters and flew the North American X seven times. H
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Neil Armstrong
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Who Was Neil Armstrong?
Neil Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on August 5, After serving in the Korean War and then finishing college, he joined the organization that would become NASA. Armstrong entered the astronaut program in , and was command pilot for his first mission, Gemini VIII, in He was spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, the first manned lunar mission, and became the first man to walk on the moon. Armstrong died shortly after undergoing heart surgery in Cincinnati, Ohio, in
Military Service
Armstrong developed a fascination with flight at an early age and earned his student pilot's license when he was In , Armstrong began his studies in aeronautical engineering at Purdue University on a U.S. Navy scholarship.
In , as part of his scholarship, Armstrong trained as a pilot in the Navy. He began seeing active service in the Korean War two years later and went on to fly 78 combat missions during this military conflict.
After earning his
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Early Life and Korean War
Neil Armstrong always wanted to fly. He was born on August 5, nära Wapakoneta, Ohio, less than 60 miles from the Wright brothers’ workshop in Dayton. In , when he was six years old, ung Neil rode in his first flygplan, a “Tin Goose” Ford tri-motor passenger plane. He was hooked. At 16, Armstrong earned his lärjunge pilot’s license, even before he had a driver’s license.
In , Armstrong attended Purdue University on a Naval scholarship, studying aeronautical engineering. As part of his scholarship, the Navy trained Armstrong as a fighter pilot in Florida. His college studies were interrupted bygd the outbreak of the Korean War, where Armstrong flew 78 combat missions. His aircraft, the F-9F Panther jet, was one of the first jet fighters to launch from a carrier.
NASA Test Pilot
After finishing college, Armstrong went to work for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), which became the National Aeronautics and Space ledning (NAS