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NEIL ARMSTRONG

By Santiago Valencia

  • BIRTH

    BIRTH
    Neil Alden Armstrong was born in August 5th, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio

  • STUDIES

    STUDIES
    In August 20 of 1947, Armstrong was admitted at Purdue University on a Navy college scholarship to study aeronautical engineering.

  • MARRIAGE

    MARRIAGE
    In January of this year, he was married to Janet Shearon in Wilmette, Illinois.

  • NASA

    NASA
    Armstrong was chosen to join NASA's team of astronauts, after a number of selections.

  • APOLLO 11

    APOLLO 11
    The missions to the moon were started with Edwin Aldrin and MIchael Collins, and Armstrong commanded the Apollo 11

  • THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON

    THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON
    The 21st of the same month, Armstrong and Aldrin, landed their lunar module named "The Eagle" and were the first humans to ever walk on the moon.

  • AMERICAN ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME

    AMERICAN ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME
    Armstrong was included into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame (it honors American astronauts and features the world's largest collection of their personal memorabilia, focusing on those astronauts who have been inducted into the Hall)

  • DEATH

    DEATH
    Armstrong underwent bypass surgery on August 7, 2012.Although he was reported recovering well,he developed complications in the hospital and died on August 25, in Cincinnati, Ohio, aged 82.