Neil Armstrong
His life's timeline
- Birth
Born on in Wapakoneta, Ohio, U.S.
- Education
At age 17, in , Armstrong began studying aeronautical engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He was the second person in his family to attend college.
- - Service During War
During the korean war Armstrong flew 78 missions over Korea for a total of 121 hours in the air, a third of them in , with the final mission on .
- Civillian Pilot
He was accepted as civillian pilot in the Project Mercury by NASA on
- - The Gemini Missions
He was the past of the back-up crew and command in three gemini missions.
- Apollo 1 - 10
After Armstrong served as backup commander for Apollo 8, Slayton offered him the post of commander of Apollo 11 on , as Apollo 8 orbited the Moon.
- Apollo 11 Mission
A Saturn V rocket launched Apollo 11 from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on
- Moon Landing
The landing on the surface of the Moon occurred several seconds after . Armstrong announced the landing to Mission Control and the world with the words, "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
- Moon Walk
He set his left boot on the lunar surface at , then said, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
- Return to Earth
The Apollo 11 EVA lasted two and a half hours.The Eagle then continued to its rendezvous in lunar orbit, where it docked with Columbia, the command and service module. The three astronauts returned to Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, to be picked up by the USS Hornet.
- - Teaching
Shortly after Apollo 11, Armstrong announced that he did not plan to fly in space again. He was appointed Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics for the Office of Advanced Research and Technology at ARPA, served in the position for a year, then resigned from it and NASA in .
- NASA Comissions
In , President Ronald Reagan asked Armstrong to join the Rogers Commission investigating the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Armstrong was made vice chairman of the commission, and held private interviews with contacts he had developed over the years to help determine the cause of the disaster.
- Injury
While working on his farm in November , Armstrong jumped off the back of his grain truck and caught his wedding ring in its wheel, tearing the tip off his left ring finger. He collected the severed tip, packed it in ice, and had surgeons reattach it.In February , he suffered a mild heart attack while skiing with friends.
- - Separation and Divorce
Armstrong and his first wife, Janet, separated in 1990 and divorced in 1994 after 38 years of marriage.
- - Second Marriage
He met his second wife, Carol Held Knight, at a golf tournament in 1992. They were married in Ohio on , and had a second ceremony at San Ysidro Ranch in California. They lived in Indian Hill, Ohio.
- Illness and Death
Armstrong underwent bypass surgery on , to relieve coronary artery disease.Although he was reportedly recovering well,he developed complications in the hospital and died on , in Cincinnati, Ohio, aged 82.
"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
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