2. Childhood
❖ Neil Alden Armstrong was born on August
5,1930,in Wapakoneta,ohio
❖ He became interested in airplanes at a
young age.
3. Later
❖ After high school Armstrong became an
air canet,or trainee in the US Navy
❖ He also studied flight engineering at two
universities
❖ In the early 1950s Armstrong was a pilot
in the Korean War
4. NASA
❖ In 1955 Armstrong joined NASA as a test
pilot
❖ Seven years later NASA chose Armstrong
as a astronaut
❖ He led the flight of the spacecraft Gemini
8, Launched March 16,1966
5. First Person
❖ In 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first
person to walk on the moon
6. Retired
❖ In 1971 Neil Armstrong Retired from
NASA.
❖ He continued to teach and to work on
committees about the space program
