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Annabelle-Neil Armstrong(1930-2012)
Airman: a person who controls the movement of a plane.
Aeronautic engineering: the study of how planes are built and what makes them fly.
Astronaut: a person who is specially trained to go to space.
Satellite: a space station that is placed to orbit around a planet to collect information or for communication.
Space: a large open area that surrounds Earth and other planets, and has no gravity.
Spacecraft: a vehicle used for travelled to space. -
Neil Armstrong was born
Neil Armstrong was born in his grandparents' farmhouse in Ohio. -
ME- Childhood years
Neil Armstrong's first plane ride was when he was only six years old. He moved sixteen times before he turned the age of thirteen and finally settled in a little town in Wapokoneta, Ohio. At only 15 years old, he earned his pilot license and spended his high school hears at Blume High School -
ME-University and serving the Navy
At the age of 17, Neil Armstrong entered college in Indiana, at Purdue University, on a Navy scholarship. He served the Navy for three years at Pensacola, Florida. During his three years serving the Navy, he learned how to fly single engine fighter planes and took courses in aeronautic engineering. At August 1950, he graduated from the Navy. -
ME- Korean War
At the age of 20, Neil Armstrong still had two years left in Purdue University, but he did not return because of the Korean War. In the Korean War, he belonged to Fighter Squadron 51, and was one of the youngest pilots. His job was to bomb enemy bridges, railroad lines, and scout areas. Almost 34, 000 Americans were killed. -
CE- Neil Armstrong couldn't return to college
Because of the Korean War, Neil Armstrong had to delay his studies in college to help as a pilot and bomb enemy bridges, railroad lines, and scout areas. -
I- Returning to college after the Korean War
When helping out in the Korean War, he must have postponed his studies in Purdue University, so he must be the oldest in his class after resuming his studies. -
ME- A family
Neil Armstrong married Janet Shearon and had three children. -
ME- Neil Armstrong applied to be an astronaut
A week after Neil Armstrong's daughter died, he applied to be an astronaut. In 1969, he flew the Apollo II rocket to space. -
CE- Neil Armstrong applied to be an astronaut
After the death of Neil Armstrong's daughter, he applied to be an astronaut. -
WE- Neil Armstrong walked on the moon
Neil Armstrong was the commander of the rocket Apollo II, and was the first man to walk on the moon. That was how he became famous. -
MD- Unlocking potential
Because Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon, he inspired other astronauts to do the same. Now, there are many other astronauts who have experienced walking on the moon.
