Neil Armstrong By gcdacurtis Aug 5, 1930 Neil Armstrong was born Jan 1, 1946 got his student pilot license Jan 1, 1949 he joined the navy in the Korean War Mar 1, 1952 joined NASA Jan 1, 1962 joined the astronaut program Jan 1, 1966 Gemini mission Jan 1, 1969 Apollo Moon mission Jan 1, 1971 left NASA Jan 1, 1986 investigated the Challenger disaster Jan 1, 2010 spoke against cuts in the space program Jan 1, 2012 Died from complictions of heart surgery
