NEIL A. ARMSTRONG

In the previous year, a secret list of future American space explorers had circulated among air force officers, naming, among eight other candidates, civilian test pilot Neil Alden Armstrong, who died on Aug 25, 2012. Already a decorated combat veteran and experienced rocket plane pilot when selecte...

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Published inProceedings of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 157; no. 3; p. 347
Main Authors Graham, Loren, Graham, Patricia Albjerg
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press 01.09.2013
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Age
Altitude
Armstrong, Neil A
Astronauts
Aviation
Foot
Mailer, Norman
Men
Military aircraft
Moon
Naming
Pilots
Space exploration
United States > US
Ohio
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Summary:In the previous year, a secret list of future American space explorers had circulated among air force officers, naming, among eight other candidates, civilian test pilot Neil Alden Armstrong, who died on Aug 25, 2012. Already a decorated combat veteran and experienced rocket plane pilot when selected as an astronaut by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1962, Armstrong rose to prominence, most notably in his command, in 1969, of Apollo 11, the first voyage by humans to another world, during which Armstrong became the first earthling to set foot upon the surface of the Moon. Born in Wapakoneta, Ohio, on Aug 5, 1930, Armstrong rode his first airplane at the age of five with his father, Stephen. Armstrong was not an unreflective simple farm boy with exceptional technical skills. He was a remarkably introspective man who understood that his attempted trip to the Moon was more likely than not to be one of the thousand seeds in the wind that does not find a propitious landing.
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