Neil Armstrong Accomplishments

A starry night with a full view of the earth right in front of their eyes as Neil Alden Armstrong, and Edwin Eugene Aldrin stood with their feet firmly placed on the moon ground. They were the first people to ever step foot on the moon in the history of the earth, bringing people in complete awe all around the world. Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930 by his parents, Stephen, and Viola Armstrong in a place called Wapakoneta, Ohio. He had a sister named June, and a brother named Dean (Armstrong museum). By the age of two Neil Armstrong had gotten interested in flying when his father took him to an air show, which became an even bigger interest when his father took him on his first plane ride (Armstrong Museum). When Neil Armstrong was
Navy (Armstrong Museum). As soon a Neil got out of Blume high school, he got accepted into Purdue University and started taking classes in aeronautical engineering (Armstrong Museum). In 1962 Neil Armstrong was accepted into the NASA center as an astronaut and he then moved to El Lago, TX so he could be closer to the Houston’s NASA manned space center (Armstrong Museum).
Neil Armstrong got to test many airplanes for them which he absolutely loved to do. his favorite airplane that he got to test was the X-15, and he got to fly at 4,000 miles per hour. and got to go up to 40 miles into the sky just to test it. Neil had flown over 200 different types of airplanes just in that career (Armstrong Museum). In 1966, Neil Armstrong Started his first mission into space as the command pilot of Gemini 8. For the next 2 years of his life, Neil Armstrong was a command pilot for the NASA program (Armstrong
This wasn’t a regular spacecraft, this was the first spacecraft ever to head to the moon. This was Neil Armstrong’s second time going to space, but he had never attempted to land on the moon (NASA). After a never ending flight to the moon, on July 20, 1969 the “Eagle”(The spacecraft), Landed on the moon. “an American astronaut climbed down the ladder of his lunar landing module (The first moon walker 1). as Neil Alden Armstrong Placed his foot on the moon ground, he said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” (Nasa). An estimated 530 Million people were watching as it happened. Neil Armstrong stayed only 93 minutes on the moon exploring, while Buzz an extra 40 minutes exploring (The first moon walker). They had also collected many moon rock, and soil samples to bring back home to