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Neil Armstrong is born
On August 5, 1930, Neil Armstong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio. His parents were Sephen Armstrong and Viola Engel. He was of Scotish-Irish and German descent, and had two younger siblings. -
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Neil experiences flight
Neil Armstrong, when he was six, got to ride on his first plane ever. This took place in Warren, Ohio, on a Ford Trimotor. -
Neil Armstong moves
When Neil was 14, his father moved to Wapakoneta, where he was forced to attend Blume High School. -
Neil Armstong earns his first flight certificate
When Neil Armstong was 15, Neil Armstong earned his first flight certificate before he earned driver's license. -
Armstrong begins studying aerospace engineering
In 1947, Neil began to study aerospace engineering at Purdue University. He had been accepted into MIT, but the only engineer he knew dissuaded him from going. -
Armstong is called to the Navy
On January 26, 1949, Neil was called up to the Navy, which required him to go to the Naval Air Station Pensacola for flight training. This training lasted 18 months, where he qualified for carrier landing aboard the USS Cabot and USS Wright. -
Armstrong is called up to the Navy
On January 26, 1949, Neil was called up to the Navy, which required him to go to the Naval Air Station Pensacola for flight training. This training lasted 18 months, where he qualified for carrier landing aboard the USS Cabot and USS Wright. -
Armstrong is qualified as a Naval Aviator
Two weeks after his 20th birthday, Armstrong was informed by letter he was a fully qualified Naval Aviator. -
Neil makes his first flight in a jet
Neil was assigned to Fighter Squadron 51, an all jet squad, in which he rode on his first jet, an F9F-2B Panther. -
Neil makes his first jet carrier landing
In June, he made his first jet carrier landing on the USS Essex. He was also promoted from midshipman to ensign. -
Neil sees action in Korean War
Armstrong first saw action in the Korean War on August 29, 1951, as an escort for a photo reconnaissance plane over Songjin. -
Armstrong's plane is hit
On September 3, 1951, Armstrong, while he was making a low bombing run at about 350 mph was hit by anti-aircraft fire. He then collided with a pole, which sliced off a wing. -
Armstrong leaves the Navy
At the age of 22, Armstong left the Navy and became a Lieutenant, Junior Grade in the United States Naval Reserve -
Armstrong graduates college
Armstrong graduated with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering in 1955. -
Neil earns his Bachelor's degree
In 1955, Neil was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University. He also received from the University of Southern California in 1970, a Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering. -
Neil begins working
Following his graduation from Purdue, Armstrong decided to become an experimental research test pilot.He was accepted into the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Cleveland, Ohio, where Armstrong began working at Lewis Field in March 1955. -
Neil is married
While at Purdue, he met Janet Elizabeth Shearon, who was majoring in home economics.They were married on January 28, 1956 at the Congregational Church in Wilmette, Illinois. -
Armstrong rides in his first rocket plane
Armstrong's first flight in a rocket plane was on August 15, 1957, in the Bell X-1B, to an altitude of 11.4 miles (18.3 km). -
Neil is accepted for a space program
Neil was selected for the U.S. Air Force's Man In Space Soonest program in 1958. -
Neil was chosen as a pilot consultant
In November 1960 Armstrong was chosen as part of the pilot consultant group for the X-20 Dyna-Soar, a military space plane. -
Neil is named as one of the pilots for the space ship
On March 15, 1962 he was named as one of six pilot-engineers who would fly the space plane when it got off the design board. -
Neil gets an astronaut application
Armstrong's astronaut application had arrived about a week past the June 1, 1962 deadline, but Dick Day, with whom Armstrong had worked closely, saw the late arrival of the application, and slipped it into the pile before anyone noticed. -
Neil is asked to join the NASA Astronaut Corps
on September 13, 1962 and asked if he was interested in joining the NASA Astronaut Corps as part of what the press dubbed "the New Nine" -
Neil is part of the Gemini 8 crew
The crew assignments for Gemini 8 were announced on September 20, 1965, with Armstrong as Command Pilot and David Scott as Pilot. -
The mission is launched
It was to be the most complex yet, with a rendezvous and docking with the unmanned Agena target vehicle, the second American extra-vehicular activity by Scott -
Apollo 11 is launched
Having already trained for two flights, Armstrong was quite knowledgeable about the systems and was more in a teaching role for the rookie backup Pilot, William Anders. -
Neil is signing the United Nations Outer Space Treaty
On January 27, 1967, the date of the Apollo 1 fire, Armstrong was in Washington, D.C. for the signing of the United Nations Outer Space Treaty. -
Neil was offered commander of Apollo 11
Slayton offered him the post of commander of Apollo 11 on December 23, 1968, as 8 orbited the Moon. -
Neil was announced to be first man on the moon
A March 1969 meeting determined that Armstrong would be the first person on the Moon -
The Apollo 11 lands on the moon
The landing on the surface of the moon occurred at 20:17:39 UTC on July 20, 1969. -
Neil is the first man on the moon
Neil Armstong turned and set his left boot on the surface at 2:56 UTC July 21, 1969 -
Neil resigns from NASA
Neil Armstong resigned from his job and NASA as a whole in 1971 -
Neil becomes a teacher
The official job title he received at Cincinnati was University Professor of Aerospace Engineering. -
Neil resigns from being a teacher
After teaching for eight years, he resigned in 1979 without explaining his reason of leaving
