Neilarmstrong

Neil Armstrong

By ihes55

  • birth

    Neil Armstrong was born August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio

  • College 1

    Went to Purdue University. Graduated 1955.

  • Korean War

    Korean War
    Fought in the Korean war.

  • NACA

    NACA
    joined NACA in 1955

  • Got married 1

    Got married to Janet Shearton on January 28, 1956.

  • Astronaut

    Astronaut
    Armstrong became an astronaut in 1962.

  • Docking

    Docking
    He was the commander of Gemini 8 in 1966. He flew on that mission with David Scott. They were the first astronauts to dock, or connect, two vehicles in space.

  • Crash Landing

    Neil Armstrong flew an LLTV. About 100 feet (30 m) above the ground, Armstrong's controls started to degrade and the LLTV began banking. He ejected safely (later analysis suggested that if he had ejected half a second later, his parachute would not have opened in time). His only injury was from biting his tongue.

  • medals

    medals
    Was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by president Richard Nixon.

  • College 2

    Went to the University of Southern California

  • Investigation 1

    Investigation 1
    Investigated a flight explosion.

  • Goodbye, NASA

    Goodbye, NASA
    left NASA in 1971

  • Investigation 2

    Investigation 2
    Investigates the Challenger's explosion.

  • Death

    Neil Armstrong died August 5, 2012 at the age of 82.