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Neil Armstrong was born august 5th 1930
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Armstrong's call-up from the Navy arrived on January 26, 1949,
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Armstrong first saw action in the Korean War on August 29, 1951
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Armstrong began working in March 1955.Armstrong's stint at Cleveland lasted a couple of months, and by July 1955 he had returned to Edwards AFB for a new job.
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In 1958, he was selected for the U.S. Air Force's Man In Space Soonest program
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They were married on January 28, 1956, at the Congregational Church in Wilmette, Illinois. When he moved to Edwards Air Force Base
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The couple had three children together: Eric, Karen, and Mark. In June 1961
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Neil and his flight mate, David Scott, were launched into space to dock with the Gemini Agena vehicle. The dock was successful, but the mission had to be cut short.