Neil armstrong

Neil Armstrong

By KahaleWinnett
  • Birth

    Birth

    Wapakoneta, Ohio
  • Pilot's Liscence

    Pilot's Liscence

  • Joined Military

    Joined Military

    Air Force, 78 combat missions during Korean War
  • Joined NACA

    Joined NACA

    Joined National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (later NASA)
    Test pilot (X15) and engineer

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Aeronautical Engineering

    Perdue University
  • Joined Astronaut Program

    Joined Astronaut Program

    Command pilot for Gemini VIII
  • Obit Earth with David Scott

    Obit Earth with David Scott

    Dock capsule with Gemini Agena
    First dock in space
  • Apollo 11 Launch

    Apollo 11 Launch

    With Michael Collins and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin
  • Lunar Landing

    Lunar Landing

    10:56 PM Armstrong and Aldrin land on moon in lunar module
  • Return to Earth

    Return to Earth

    Fell into Pacific Ocean near Hawaii; picked up by USS Hornet

  • Resigned from NASA

  • Period: to

    Professor of Aerospace Engineering at University of Cinncinati

  • Period: to

    Chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc.

    Charlottesville, VA

  • Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident

  • Death

    Death

    complications from cardiovascular procedure (82)