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| Neil Armstrong |
Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930)'s an American aviator and a former
astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He was
the first person to set foot on the Moon. His first spaceflight was aboard Gemini 8 in
1966, for which he was the command pilot. On this mission, he performed the first
manned docking of two spacecraft together with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's
second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon
landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended
to the lunar surface and spent 2½ hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in
orbit in the Command Module. Armstrong's a recipient of the Congressional Space
Medal of Honour.
Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was in the United States Navy and saw
action in the Korean War. After the war, he served as a test pilot at the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station, now known
as the Dryden Flight Research Centre, where he flew over 900 flights in a variety of
aircraft. As a research pilot, Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100 Super
Sabre A and C aircraft, F-101 Voodoo, and the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter. He also
flew the Bell X-1B, Bell X-5, North American X-15, F-105 Thunderchief, F-106 Delta Dart,
B-47 Stratojet, KC-135 Stratotanker and Paresev. He graduated from Purdue
University.
In 1947, Armstrong began studying aerospace engineering at Purdue University,
where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Kappa Kappa Psi. He was only the
second person in his family to attend college. He was also accepted to the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), but the only engineer he knew (who'd
attended MIT) dissuaded him from attending, telling Armstrong that it wasn't
necessary to go all the way to Cambridge, Massachusetts for a good education. His
college tuition was paid for under the Holloway Plan; successful applicants
committed to four years of study, followed by three years of service in the United
States Navy, then completion of the final two years of the degree. At Purdue, he
received average marks in his subjects, with a GPA that rose and fell over the eight
semesters. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering
from Purdue University in 1955 and a Master of Science degree in aerospace
engineering from University of Southern California in 1962. He holds honorary
doctorates from a number of universities.
There was no defining moment in Armstrong's decision to become an astronaut. In
the months after the announcement that applications were being sought for the
second group of astronauts, he became more and more excited about the prospect
of the Apollo program and the prospect of investigating a new aeronautical
environment. Armstrong's astronaut application had arrived about a week past the
June 1, 1962 deadline. Dick Day, with whom Armstrong had worked closely at
Edwards, worked at the Manned Spacecraft Centre, saw the late arrival of the
application, and slipped it into the pile before anyone noticed. At Brooks City-Base
at the end of June he underwent a medical exam that many of the applicants
described as painful and at times seemingly pointless. Deke Slayton called Armstrong
on September 13, 1962 and asked if he was interested in joining the astronaut corps
as part of what the press dubbed "the New Nine". Without hesitation, Armstrong said
yes. The selections were kept secret until three days later, although newspaper
reports had been circulating since the middle of summer that year that he'd be
selected as the "first civilian astronaut".
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astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He was
the first person to set foot on the Moon. His first spaceflight was aboard Gemini 8 in
1966, for which he was the command pilot. On this mission, he performed the first
manned docking of two spacecraft together with pilot David Scott. Armstrong's
second and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the Apollo 11 moon
landing mission on July 20, 1969. On this mission, Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin descended
to the lunar surface and spent 2½ hours exploring while Michael Collins remained in
orbit in the Command Module. Armstrong's a recipient of the Congressional Space
Medal of Honour.
Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was in the United States Navy and saw
action in the Korean War. After the war, he served as a test pilot at the National
Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station, now known
as the Dryden Flight Research Centre, where he flew over 900 flights in a variety of
aircraft. As a research pilot, Armstrong served as project pilot on the F-100 Super
Sabre A and C aircraft, F-101 Voodoo, and the Lockheed F-104A Starfighter. He also
flew the Bell X-1B, Bell X-5, North American X-15, F-105 Thunderchief, F-106 Delta Dart,
B-47 Stratojet, KC-135 Stratotanker and Paresev. He graduated from Purdue
University.
In 1947, Armstrong began studying aerospace engineering at Purdue University,
where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta and Kappa Kappa Psi. He was only the
second person in his family to attend college. He was also accepted to the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), but the only engineer he knew (who'd
attended MIT) dissuaded him from attending, telling Armstrong that it wasn't
necessary to go all the way to Cambridge, Massachusetts for a good education. His
college tuition was paid for under the Holloway Plan; successful applicants
committed to four years of study, followed by three years of service in the United
States Navy, then completion of the final two years of the degree. At Purdue, he
received average marks in his subjects, with a GPA that rose and fell over the eight
semesters. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering
from Purdue University in 1955 and a Master of Science degree in aerospace
engineering from University of Southern California in 1962. He holds honorary
doctorates from a number of universities.
There was no defining moment in Armstrong's decision to become an astronaut. In
the months after the announcement that applications were being sought for the
second group of astronauts, he became more and more excited about the prospect
of the Apollo program and the prospect of investigating a new aeronautical
environment. Armstrong's astronaut application had arrived about a week past the
June 1, 1962 deadline. Dick Day, with whom Armstrong had worked closely at
Edwards, worked at the Manned Spacecraft Centre, saw the late arrival of the
application, and slipped it into the pile before anyone noticed. At Brooks City-Base
at the end of June he underwent a medical exam that many of the applicants
described as painful and at times seemingly pointless. Deke Slayton called Armstrong
on September 13, 1962 and asked if he was interested in joining the astronaut corps
as part of what the press dubbed "the New Nine". Without hesitation, Armstrong said
yes. The selections were kept secret until three days later, although newspaper
reports had been circulating since the middle of summer that year that he'd be
selected as the "first civilian astronaut".
Download PDF Biography & NotePages with Photo Gallery
For further information please visit
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