Biography
Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012), known as Neil Armstrong, was the first person to walk on the moon. He was an American astronaut and aircraft engineer.
He was also a naval aviator, a test pilot and a lecturer at a university.
Neil Armstrong was also a Navy pilot, a test pilot, and a university professor. Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States.
American astronaut
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| Full name: | Neil Alden Armstrong |
| Stage name: | Neil Armstrong |
| Born: | August 5, 1930 (age 82) |
| Place of birth: | Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States |
| Deceased: | August 25, 2012, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.8 minutes |
| Parents: | Stephen Armstrong and Viola Armstrong |
| Siblings: | June Armstrong, Dean Armstrong |
| Wife • Husband/wife: | Carol Held Knight (married 1994–2012), Janet Shearon (married 1956–1994) |
| Girlfriend • Partner: | Do not have |
| The children: | Karen Armstrong, Mark Armstrong and Rick Armstrong |
| Job: | Astronaut |
| Net worth: | 8 million US dollars |
Early life
Neil Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, near Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States.
He is the son of Viola Louise (mother) and Stephen Armstrong (father). DNA testing shows that he has German, Irish and Scottish ancestry.
June Armstrong, his sister, and Dean Armstrong, his brother, are his siblings.
Neil Armstrong’s father, Stephen Armstrong, worked for the Ohio state government as an auditor, and the family moved frequently around the state over the next 14 years, living in 16 different locations.
Career
On January 26, 1949, Neil Armstrong received a call from the Navy, asking him to report to Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida for flight training with class 5-49. On February 24, 1949, he was commissioned as an officer after passing his medical exam.
He received flight training on a North American SNJ trainer, which he completed on September 9, 1949. On March 2, 1950, he made his first landing on the USS Cabot, a feat he compared to his first solo flight. He was then deployed to Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas to train on the Grumman F8F Bearcat, which resulted in a carrier landing on the USS Wright.
Neil Armstrong flew 78 flights over Korea for a total of 121 hours. The first third took place in January 1952 and the last on March 5, 1952. On this war trip, 27 of the 492 US Navy sailors in the Korean War were from Essex.
Neil Armstrong was awarded the Air Medal for 20 combat missions, two gold stars for 40 additional missions, the Korean Service Medal with Combat Star, the National Defense Service Medal, and the United Nations Korean Medal.
Apollo 11 Mission
While Apollo 8 was orbiting the Moon, Deke Slayton asked Neil Armstrong to be the commander of Apollo 11. On December 23, 1968, while Apollo 8 was orbiting the Moon, Deke Slayton asked him to be the commander of Apollo 11.
According to Neil Armstrong’s 2005 memoir, Deke Slayton informed him that, although the crew was supposed to include Commander Armstrong, Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, and Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, he allowed Neil Armstrong to swap Aldrin with Jim Lovell.
After a day of deliberation, Neil Armstrong informed Slayton that he would stay with Aldrin because he enjoyed working with him and believed Lovell deserved his command. The goal of Apollo 11 was to land safely on the Moon rather than at a specific location.
Before leaving the module, the flight plan called for the crew to rest, but Armstrong requested a change to earlier in the evening, Houston time. After successfully landing on the moon, Eagle was depressurized, the hatch was unlocked, and Neil Armstrong descended the ladder as he and Aldrin prepared to step out. At 02:56 UTC on July 21, 1969, he turned around and placed his left boot on the lunar surface, saying, “That’s one small step for you.” [a] man, a great step forward for mankind.”
Buzz Aldrin joined Neil Armstrong on the Moon about 19 minutes after he took his first step, becoming the second man to set foot on the Moon. They began an investigation into how easily a person could function on the lunar surface. Neil Armstrong dedicated a plaque commemorating the success of the Apollo 11 mission and planted the American flag next to Aldrin.
Neil Armstrong announced shortly after Apollo 11 that he had no plans to fly into space again. He was appointed Associate Associate Administrator for Aeronautics for ARPA’s Advanced Research and Technology Office.
He served for a year until resigning from both the agency and NASA in 1971. He accepted a teaching position at the University of Cincinnati’s Aerospace Engineering Program.
Personal life
After 38 years of marriage, Neil Armstrong and his first wife, Janet Shearon, separated in 1990 and divorced in 1994. Carol Held Knight, his second wife, was met at a golf tournament in 1992 when they sat next to each other at breakfast.
She did not speak much to Neil Armstrong, but he contacted her two weeks later to ask about her whereabouts. He showed up at her house 35 minutes later to help her cut down a cherry tree after she replied that she was cutting down a cherry tree.
On June 12, 1994, they were married in Ohio, followed by a second ceremony at San Ysidro Ranch in California. They live in Indian Hill, Ohio, United States.
Neil Armstrong died of complications after successful heart surgery in 2012. He is survived by two sons, a daughter and his wife.
Neil Armstrong has two sons: Mark Armstrong and Rick Armstrong, and a daughter named Karen Armstrong.
Net worth
Awarded with numerous honors, Neil Armstrong died with an estimated net worth of $8 million.
