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Neil Armstrong

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor.

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Neil Armstrong was a United States citizen, test pilot, university teacher, astronaut, and aircraft pilot. He worked in naval aviation, space exploration, and aerospace engineering. His employers included NASA, the University of Cincinnati, and Tallahassee. He served as a lieutenant (junior grade) in the United States Navy and participated in the Korean War.

Armstrong was a member of NASA Astronaut Group 2 and the Rogers Commission. He received the Air Medal, Korean Service Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Congressional Space Medal of Honor. He was educated at the University of Southern California and Purdue University. His notable works include *Two Sides of the Moon*, *First on the Moon*, and *a Voyage With Meo*.

Born in Wapakoneta in 1930, Armstrong died in Cincinnati in 2012. He is buried in the Atlantic Ocean. He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and Scouting America. His religion was deism. He is recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection.

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Two Sides of the Moon
First on the Moon, a Voyage With Meo; Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Horror Zine Magazine Fall-Winter 2012
Flying the Feathered Edge
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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1930
Active to: 2012

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Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who, as the commander of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, became the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot and university professor.

Armstrong was born and raised near Wapakoneta, Ohio. He entered Purdue University, studying aeronautical engineering, with the United States Navy paying his tuition under the Holloway Plan. He became a midshipman in 1949 and a naval aviator the following year. He saw action in the Korean War, flying the Grumman F9F Panther from the aircraft carrier USS Essex. After the war, he completed his bachelor's degree at Purdue and became a test pilot at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base in California. He was the project pilot on Century Series fighters and flew the North American X-15 seven times. He was also a participant in the U.S. Air Force's Man in Space Soonest and X-20 Dyna-Soar human spaceflight programs.

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