Neil Alden Armstrong
"Buzz"
Born: 5 August 1930, Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States
Nationality: American
Died: 25 August 2012
Group: Man In Space Soonest (25 June 1958)
Group2: Dyna-Soar Group 1 (1 April 1960)
Group3: NASA Group 2 (11 September 1962)
Group4: X-15 Pilots 1 ( 1957)
Status: Deceased
| FAI Flights: | |||
| 1 | Gemini VIII | 16 March 1966 | 10 hours, 41 minutes, 26 seconds |
| 2 | Apollo 11 | 16 July 1969 | 8 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds |
| EVA's: | |||
| 1 | Apollo 11 | 21 July 1969 | 2 hours, 32 minutes |
| 2 | Apollo 11 | 21 July 1969 | 5 minutes |
| Non-Qualifying Flights with Significance: | ||
| X-15 Flight #29 | 30 November 1960 | 9 minutes, 54 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #31 | 9 December 1960 | 10 minutes, 49 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #46 | 10 December 1961 | 10 minutes, 25 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #48 | 17 January 1962 | 10 minutes, 28 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #49 | 5 April 1962 | 11 minutes, 17 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #51 | 20 April 1962 | 12 minutes, 29 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #64 | 26 July 1962 | 10 minutes, 22 seconds |
Education
BS (Aeronautical Engineering), Purdue University
MS (Aerospace Engineering), University of Southern California
Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon, 20 July 1969. As he stepped onto the moon, Armstrong said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
He was an Air Force pilot with degrees from Purdue University and the University of Southern California. Armstrong also had been an X-15 pilot, although none of his flights took him high enough to qualify for astronaut wings.
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