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Aug 27, 2012 · Neil Alden Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, on his grandparents’ farm near Wapakoneta, Ohio. His parents were Stephen and Viola Armstrong.
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- Armstrong could fly planes before getting his driver’s licence. His father took him out aged 6 in a Ford Trimotor plane known as the ‘Tin Goose’. By age 15, he had enough flying experience to confidently pilot a cockpit.
- Neil Armstrong had a military career before becoming an astronaut. Armstrong earned a degree in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University, his tuition sponsored by the US Navy as part of the Holloway Plan for improving the education of US naval officers.
- Armstrong joined NASA’s Astronaut Corps in September 1962. Although applications for the US Air Force’s Man In Space Soonest programme had first opened in 1958, as a civilian rather than military test pilot, Armstrong had not been eligible.
- Armstrong first journeyed into space on the Gemini 8 mission. On the Gemini 8 mission, which launched on 16 March 1966, Armstrong became the first American civilian in space; Valentina Tereshkova, from the Soviet Union, had become the first civilian and woman in space 3 years before.
Neil Alden Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, near Wapakoneta, Ohio. He was the eldest of three children of Stephen and Viola Engel Armstrong. Airplanes drew his interest from the age of six, when he took his first airplane ride.
Jul 14, 2019 · About an hour after the launch of Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969, Stephen and Viola Armstrong emerged from their Wapakoneta, Ohio, home to address members of the news media gathered on their lawn...
Nov 6, 2005 · Armstrong's home state, Ohio, had an immense formative influence on him. His father, Stephen Armstrong, worked for the Ohio Bureau of Inspection and Supervision of Public Offices, which...
Aug 21, 2024 · Neil Armstrong grew up in Wapakoneta, Ohio, as the eldest of three children. At age six he flew on an airplane for the first time, an experience that ignited in him a passion for aviation. He earned his pilot’s license on his 16th birthday and became a naval air cadet the following year.
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Sep 5, 2022 · Armstrong grew up in Wapakoneta, Ohio and was the eldest of three children to Stephen Koenig Armstrong and Louise Engel. He developed his passion for aviation when he embarked on his first plane ride at six years old.
