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the birth of neil
Neil Alden Armstrong nació el 5 de agosto de 1930 en Wapakoneta, Ohio -
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child's life
is the stage of life of Neil Armstrong's child from birth to 9 years discovering his fascination with aviation -
his life in aviation
His interest was intensified at age six when he made his first flight in a Ford Tri-Motor airplane, or a "Tin Goose," as they called informally. Since that time, had a fascination with aviation. -
him school years
his studies conducted in Ohio's primary while studying learned to fly an airplane with his father -
inception in the air
boy showed interest in flying, so at age 15 began taking flying lessons at an airport. -
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taking flight
is the stage of life where one learns to fly neil plane goes to college graduates as an aeronautical engineer and wants to do more in your life -
making your dreams
graduated as an aeronautical engineer from the University of Purdue, was a pilot in the U.S. Navy between 1949 and 1952 -
military life
the Navy called him to fulfill military duties, he became an aviator and in 1950 was sent to the Korean War. There he flew 78 combat missions departing from the USS Essex. -
His life on the NACA
Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee (NACA). His first task was developed in the Lewis Research Center, near Cleveland, Ohio -
In NASA
Iworked as an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NACA and its successor agency, the National Aeronautics and Space -
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the big trip
This time of life is when you neil enters the NACA and NASA as commander of Apollo 11 gemmin 8 and was the first trip to the moon and this man is responsible to walk in it -
his life as an astronaut
Armstrong won a seat as an astronaut in 1962, one of nine NASA astronauts in the second class to be elected -
the first mission
flew his first space mission as commander of Gemini 8 with David Scott. During that mission, the Gemini 8 Armstrong led a successful docking with the Agena, which was already in orbit -
the dream trip of the moon
Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin began their journey to the moon. Collins was the command module pilot. Aldrin, a systems expert, was the lunar module pilot and became the second man to walk on the moon. -
the first step
Neil Armstrong walked on the moon and uttered his famous phrase:"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" -
The big arrival
The three men splashed down in the Pacific Ocean and were picked up by the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. -
his rise
By the early 1970s, Armstrong took office as deputy associate administrator for the Aeronautics Division of NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC -
new life
leaved NASA in 1971, began working as a professor in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Cincinnati -
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new life
this part of the life of Neil's where your experience ends here at NASA's new development activities such as professor and chairman of multinationals to the point of lecturing as it does today -
the quit
in 1979, quits his job as a professor at the University of cinicinnati -
as chairman of companies
Armstrong was chairman of Computing Technologies for Aviation, Inc., Charlottesville, Virginia. -
new job
in 1992, quits his job to become chairman of the board of AIL Systems, Inc., an electronics company in Deer Park, New York. -
their current life
continues to lecture on the future of space flight and appeared publicly while commemorating an anniversary trip to the moon. He currently lives in his country house located in Lebanon, Ohio.
