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Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio
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his early life
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When Armstrong was fifteen he began taking flying lessons at the airport
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At age 16, He was a student pilot.
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He received the license before graduating from high school in 1947 Blume in Wapakoneta.
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In 1949 the Navy called him to fulfill military duties
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in 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee (NACA)
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In the next 17 years worked as an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NACA and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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On March 16 in 1966 he flew his first space mission as commander of Gemini 8 with David Scott.
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In July 16 1969, Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin began their journey to the Moon
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"I would like to greet all my fellow scouts and scouters of Farragut State Park in Idaho this week celebrating the national jamboree, Apollo 11 sends best wishes. ", Neil Armstrong.
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VIDEOArmstrong piloted the Lunar Module and achieves a safe landing on the lunar surface. At 2:56:20 of July 21, 1969
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On July 24, 1969, the three men splashed down in the Pacific Ocean and were picked up by the USS Hornet. None of them would ever fly in space.
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Armstrong took office as deputy associate administrator for the Aeronautics Division of the NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC
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After leaving NASA in 1971, began his work as a professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati
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Armstrong was chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc., in Charlottesville, Virginia. After these works, Armstrong became chairman of the board of AIL Systems, Inc., an electronics company in Deer Park, New York.
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He died on August 25, 2012, at a hospital in Columbus, Ohio, from complications after surgery
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