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• Born on August 5, 1930, in Wapakoneta Ohio
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Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, and died on August 25, 2012.
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Joined the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1955
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• Armstrong transferred to astronaut status in 1962. He was assigned as command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission.
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• Gemini 8 was launched on March 16, 1966, and Armstrong performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space.
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• Armstrong's second flight was Apollo 11 in 1969
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On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong put his left foot on the rocky Moon.
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• He resigned from NASA in 1971
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• Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Peace Corps (1971 to 1973).
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• Became a college professor and taught until 1979
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• He served as a member of the National Commission on Space (1985 to 1986)
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• Vice-Chairman of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
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• Neil Armstrong died on August 25, 2012. He was 82.
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