Neil Armstrong had piloted 200 different types of aircraft. Military service also gave him a strong sense of leadership and teamwork, which would be indispensable as a test pilot. The Navy also ...
Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born Aug. 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. In 1947, Armstrong enrolled at Purdue University on a Navy scholarship to pursue ... he served as an ...
The capsule landed on the Sea of Tranquillity, carrying mission commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin. Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the lunar surface while Michael Collins remained in ...
I’m Neil Armstrong ... Neil got his pilot’s licence when he was just 16, before he could even drive a car. Before he became an astronaut, Neil flew fighter planes for the navy and later ...
Whether helping astronauts enter Earth orbit, walk on the moon, pilot a space shuttle ... Mercury/Gemini: The first space suits were modified U.S. Navy jet-aircraft pressure suits.
Before Neil Armstrong took his small step onto the moon, an unexpected turn of events sent the mission off-course. Armstrong was the Apollo 11 mission commander and pilot of the lunar module ...