Neil Armstrong
By: Jonathan Kim
My Famous American
Early Life
Middle Life
During his adult/middle life, Armstrong started to settle down. His wife Jean Shearon, who he married in January 28, 1956, had a son in 1957, who they named Eric. Just two years after they had Eric they had a daughter named Karen in 1959, who unfortunately died of complications similar to an inoperable brain tumor. The next year their third child, Mark, was welcomed to their family. The same year Neil joined the astronaut program, and his family moved to Houston, Texas. Armstrong served as the command pilot for his first mission with David Scott. However he had an even bigger task when he had become the commander of the first ever manned mission to the moon. When he landed and took the first step on the moon he said the quote, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." They landed in the Pacific Ocean and after they were rescued they were put into quarantine for three weeks.
Later Life
Neil remained at NASA serving as deputy associate administrator for aeronautics until 1971. After he left NASA, he joined the faculty of the University of Cincinnati as a professor for aerospace engineering. After eight years, he left the University. Helping out during a difficult time, Armstrong served as vice chairman of the Presidential Commission on the space shuttle Challenger accident in 1986. The commission investigated the explosion of the Challenger on January 28, 1986, which took the lives of its crew, including school teacher Christa McAuliffe. Neil Armstrong and his wife divorced in 1994, where he spent the rest of his life with his second wife, Carol, in Indian Ohio. Neil died at the age 82 on the fateful day of August 25th 2012 several weeks after experiencing a heart surgery.
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Facts
-Neil divorced with his wife on 1994.
-Neil died at the age 82.
-He died after several weeks after a heart surgery.
-After he was back from the moon he and his crew was put into quarantine for three weeks.
-He earned his pilot's license before he earned his driver's license.
-Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930.
-Neil and his wife's second daughter, Karen, died from something similar to an inoperable brain tumor.
-After Neil's mission to the moon him and his crew landed in the Pacific Ocean and were rescued by the U.S.S. Hornet.
-Neil received many awards such as the Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.