Neil Armstrong
By: Spencer Murphy
All About Armstrong: Before The Fame
* Earned his earned his student pilot's license when he was 16
* 1947 he began his studies in aeronautical engineering at Purdue University on a U.S. Navy scholarship
Before Becoming an Astronaut
* Officer in the US Navy
* Served in the Korean war
* After serving in the war he earned his bachelors degree
Accomplishments
* First person to walk on the moon
* He was an aerospace engineer
* Test pilot
* University professor
* Naval aviator
He placed an American flag on the moon
Armstrong's Footprints on the Moon
giant leap for mankind
Date of Birth and Death
* Born on August 5 1930
* Died on August 25 2012