Neil Alden Armstrong By A.Q
Early years Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930 near Ohio. He had 1 younger brother and sister June and Dean. He loved flying when dad took him to a air show. He got his pilot’s license at the age of 15. He was forced to serve in the korean war in 1949. He left the service in 1952 and return to the college. He married Janet Shearon on january 28th, 1956 and have 3 children Eric, Karen and Mark. Karen died in 1962.
Astronaut program Armstrong joined the astronaut program in 1956. 1966 he and his family move to Texas. He served as the command pilot for his mission. They landed somewhere in the Pacific ocean and were rescued by the U.S.S.Mason.
What happened on the Apollo 11 Mission Armstrong and Aldrin spent more than 2 hours outside their spacecraft on the moon.They studied the surface and collected rocks He was the first man to walk on the moon. And his one off his first word on the moon: That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.
What did Armstrong do after Apollo 11? ● Neil Armstrong retired NASA after Apollo 11 in 1971. He became a college professor. ● After 1979 he became a businessman. ● Neil Armstrong died on August 25, 2012.He was 82.