Neil Alden Armstrong born 5th August 1930 was the American astronaut who became the first man who sat his foot on the moon, which was done on 21th July 1969, with the rocket Apollo 11.
Neil Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta in Ohio, and served in the Korean War as a fighter pilot. Neil Armstrong studied on the University of Purdue, located in West Lafayette, Indiana. He was then civilian test pilot for NASA and flew the rocket plane X-15. Neil Armstrong was selected for astronaut in 1962.
He was born at his grandparents’ farm in Auglaize County in Ohio.
Neil Armstrong was the eldest of three children. His father’s name was Stephen and the mothers Viola Engel Armstrong.
His family moved several times before they settled in Wapakoneta when Neil was 13 years old. Neil fell in love with airplanes when he was at the age of 6 he tooked his first flight, in a Ford Tri-Motor “Tin Goose.” He worked at numerous jobs around the town and at the nearby Airport so he could start taking flying lessons at the age of 15 and on his 16th birthday he was issued a pilot's license. He hadn't even received his car license yet.
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