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Neil was born in Ohio, in the 5th of August, 1930 -
He graduated with a degree on aeronautical engineering. -
He got a job as an aviator in 1950. -
He entered the korean war (1950-1953)
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He became a test pilot in NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) and flew the fastesT aircraft seven times!
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he got married to janet shearon.
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unfortunately, she died when she was 3. -
he joined as a civilian astronaut on the second group chosen in 1962! -
Neil became the first civilian to apply for nasa and float in space successfully! -
accidentally, meanwhile training for the space mission of apollo-11, neil had to evacuate to the lunar module for landing, in 1969, neil and others did the impossible.
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the origin of the famous words "a small step for man, a huge step for humanity" -
Neil got the Presidential medal of freedom in 1969, the Congressional space medal of honor in 1978 and a Congressional gold medal in 2009.
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Neil died in 2012, because of compications of a surgery he got earlier.