Neil Armstrong

Region Explored: Moon

Dates of exploration: July 16 - 24, 1969

Summary of their objective & accomplishments:

  Neil Armstrong's early dream as a child, was to become a pilot. Neil was inspired after his father took him to an air show, he pursued his dream by getting his pilots license at the age of fifteen.

  Neil Armstrong, graduated from college earning his degree in aerospace engineering and then earned his masters degree, during college he was called on by the Navy and became a fighter pilot.

  Neil Armstrong then became a test pilot, testing over 200 different planes, this was a very dangerous but exciting time for Neil.

  Neil Armstrong then moved onto greater heights by applying to NASA to become an astronaut. After many tests and trainings, he passed and became part of the "New Nine" astronauts.

  Neil Armstrong's first flight to space was aboard, Gemini 8, where he was the command pilot, and successfully docked two vehicles in space.

  After Gemini 8 mission, Neil Armstrong was offered the position of lead commander on Apollo 11, the first manned landing on the moon, he gratefully excepted.

  On July 16, 1969, after many months of practicing, Neil Armstrong, along with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, were launched into space aboard Apollo 11.

  Neil Armstrong and the other astronauts, encountered some problems on their journey to the moon, one of the problems was: * Neil Armstrong had to manually fly the spacecraft and land it on the moon, this was not planned for, and if landing took longer than expected, the astronauts would not have enough fuel.

  On July 21,1969, Neil Armstrong successfully landed on the moons surface, he announced back to NASA, "The eagle has landed.".

  Neil Armstrong, was the first astronaut to ever step foot on the moon, he spoke his most famous words on the moon, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.".

  On July 24, 1969, Neil Armstrong, along with Aldrin and Collins, returned to Earth, landing in the Pacific Ocean, they were all deemed heroes.

  After Neil Armstrong's amazing and successful journey to the moon, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He continued working for NASA and held many other positions, he also was a professor of aerospace engineer at the University of Cincinnati.

  Neil Armstrong, passed away from heart complication on August 25, 2012. He will always remain a true hero and inspiration.

By: Christian Hunt                                                                                                               Page 2