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Birth
Wapakoneta, Ohio -
Pilot's Liscence
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Joined Military
Air Force, 78 combat missions during Korean War -
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
Command pilot for Gemini VIII -
Obit Earth with David Scott
Dock capsule with Gemini Agena
First dock in space -
Apollo 11 Launch
With Michael Collins and Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin -
Lunar Landing
10:56 PM Armstrong and Aldrin land on moon in lunar module -
Return to Earth
Fell into Pacific Ocean near Hawaii; picked up by USS Hornet -
Resigned from NASA
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Period: to
Professor of Aerospace Engineering at University of Cinncinati
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Period: to
Chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc.
Charlottesville, VA -
Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
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Death
complications from cardiovascular procedure (82)
