Neil Armstrong

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Neil Armstrong

• I believe that this nation should commit itself
  to achieving the goal, before this decade is out,
  of landing a man on the moon and returning him
  safely to the Earth.
• -President John F. Kennedy

By Jennifer Rodriguez Period 2
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Introduction

• Born on August 5, 1930 at his grandparents farm
  house near Wapakoneta, Ohio.
• Marries Janet Shearon in January of 1956 in
  California.
• Had three kids
• Eric(Ricky) Armstrong born in 1957.
• Karen Armstrong born in 1959 .
• Mark Armstrong born in 1963.
• Neil Armstrong is still living today in Lebanon,
  Ohio.

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Social Contribution

• On July 20, 1969, Astronaut Neil Armstrong
  slowly climbed down the Eagle Lunar Module and
  became the first person to walk on the moon. He
  went with astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the lunar
  module. They were being watched by millions and
  millions of people on the television. Neil told
  the world. Thats one small step for a man, one
  giant leap for mankind ! He went to the moon not
  just to become the first person on the moon ,he
  also went to run a number of experiments and
  collected many moon rocks samples to take back
  home. Neil told Mission control that the moons
  surface was powdery and that it was very easy to
  move around on. Neil and Buzz planted a U.S. Flag
  and a plaque on the moon before they went back to
  Earth.

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Childhood

• First of three children of Stephen and Viola
  Armstrong.
• Born on August 5, 1930 at his grandparents farm
  house near Wapakoneta, Ohio.
• Armstrongs moved sixteen times within Ohio during
  Neils first fifteen years.
• At six years old, Neil lived in Warren, Ohio.
• One Sunday morning, Neil and his father went to a
  local airport to see a Ford Tri-Motor Plane. The
  pilot offered for a ride and Neil was fascinated
  by the flight. Ever since, Neil started to like
  planes, and riding in the sky.
• Neil was a very smart child because in the first
  grade, Neil read a total of ninety books and it
  impressed his teacher that she decided to have
  him skip second grade.
• He started to learn more about flying and planes,
  which made him spend time building model
  airplanes.
• His family moved to Sandusky, Ohio when he was
  ten years old.
• Got his first job mowing the lawn at a cemetery
  that helped him pay for his flying hobby.

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Adolescence

• Neil was fourteen years old and moved back to
  Wapakoneta, Ohio.
• In 1944, Neil entered Blume High School as a
  sophomore.
• During his three years at Blume High School, Neil
  held several jobs in order to earn money for his
  passion for fying.
• When Neil was fifteen, he began to take flying
  lessons at the airport.
• To pay for his lessons, he worked in a pharmacy .
• Back then, it took Neil about twenty-three hours
  of work at the pharmacy to earn the nine dollars
  needed to pay for each lesson.
• On his sixteenth birthday, Neil earned his
  student pilots license.
• Jacob Zint (astronaut who bulit a home
  observatory on top of his garage) lived next to
  Neil in Wapakoneta.
• He let kids see into the telescope. Neil would
  look and look and lookwhen he looked through the
  telescope, thats all he waned he wanted
  business.

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Adulthood

• Graduated from Blume High School in 1946.
• Joins navy cadet scholarship program and enrolls
  at Purdue University in aeronautical engineering.
• Neil moved to Pensacola, Florida for flight
  training as a naval air cadet in 1949.
• Earned three flying medals for his works in 1950.
• Neils duty with the navy ended in 1952, then he
  returned to Purdue University to finish his
  aeronautical engineering studies.
• Met Janet Shearon in 1954 while working on his
  newspaper route.
• In January 1955, Neil graduated from Purdue
  University with a bachelor of science degree in
  aeronautical engineering.
• Accepts a job at the Lewis Flight Propulsion
  Laboratory in Ohio and later at Edwards Air Force
  Base in California.
• Marries Janet Shearon in 1956.
• January 28, 1962, his daughter Karen dies of a
  Brain Tumar.
• Joins NASAs astronaut program.
• In 1969, Neil serves as a commander of Apollo 11.
• July 20, 1969, becomes the first man to walk on
  the moon.
• Retires from NASA and moves to a dairy farm in
  Lebanon, Ohio.
• 1971-1979, Neil works as a professor of
  aeronautical engineering in Cincinnati.
• Neil and Janet Armstrong divorce in 1994.

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Timeline

• 1930- Neil Alden Armstrong is born on August 5,
  in Wapakoneta, Ohio.
• 1936-First airplane flight with his father,
  Stephen, in Warren, Ohio.
• 1944-First flying lessons at Port Koneta Airport.
• 1945-Receives his student pilot license on his
  sixteenth birthday.
• 1946-Graduates from Blume High School joins navy
  cadet scholarship program enrolls at Purdue
  University in aeronautical engineering.
• 1949-Called into active duty by the U.S. Navy
  flies 78 Korean War fighter missions with fighter
  Squadron 51 receives 3 metals.
• 1955-Graduates from Purdue accepts a job at the
  Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in Ohio and
  later at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
• 1956-Marries Janet Shearon.
• 1962-Joins NASAs astronaut program.
• 1966-Successfully commands the Gemini 8 mission
  despite problems.
• 1969-Serves as commander of Apollo 11 becomes
  first person to walk on the moon on July 20.
• 1970-1971-Serves as the head of NASAs
  aeronautics division earns a masters degree.
• 1971-Retires from NASA moves to a dairy farm in
  Lebanon, Ohio.
• 1971-1979-Works as a professor of aeronautical
  engineering in Cincinnati.
• 1986-Investigates the Challenger shuttle
  disaster.
• 1994-Neil and Janet Armstrong Divorce.

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President Slide

• Herbert C. Hoover
• Born in Iowa (1874-1964).
• In Office from 1929-1933.
• Was the 31st president of the United States.
• Vice-president was Charles Curtis
• First Lady was Lou Henry Hoover.
• Was President when Neil Armstrong was born.

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Interview

• What three questions would I ask Neil Armstrong
  If I could?
• How did it feel when you first walked on the
  moon?
• If you could, would you ever visit other planets
  to explore?
• What would be your favorite thing you have done
  your whole life(besides being the first person
  to walk on the moon)?

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